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Public Safety committee  Thank you for inviting me here today to speak. I first want to acknowledge that we're on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation, and that's not just a polite acknowledgement. It's the very reason why all of you get to sit here today. Were it not for the cooperation,

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. It's an important one because, as I stated, it doesn't just impact indigenous peoples; it impacts the rest of Canada, including environmentalists, unions, women's groups, and children's advocates. We have to get real about what the clear and present

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

Public Safety committee  Bill C-51 as currently written would capture everything under Idle No More. Imagine that. Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come of the Grand Council of the Crees offered a quote for my submission as well, to the effect that had their activities been done today as opposed to back then, th

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

Public Safety committee  Thank you for asking because as you probably know, I was a lawyer for Justice Canada, worked on legislation, and have taken training in legislative interpretation and regulatory drafting. That is why I was quite shocked this legislation ever made it here. The Justice Canada lawye

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

Public Safety committee  Just to be clear, I'm saying that there is no way at all to save this bill.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

Public Safety committee  My recommendations were about how to address the problem right now. We have a crisis right now, because first nations are being targeted by police officers and the government at large. If this bill were to pass and they added this provision for a special first nations advocate fo

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

Public Safety committee  I think there would be more balance than there currently is in the bill, keeping in mind that this bill also turns the working of our justice system and our constitution on its head. The role of judges is in fact to uphold the constitution and charter rights and not to find ways

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  Bonjour. Good Morning. Ni'n teluisi Pam Palmater. I'm from the sovereign Mi'kmaq nation that rests on unceded territory in most of the Atlantic provinces. First, it's my responsibility and honour to acknowledge the traditional territory on which we sit. In terms of my backgro

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  There actually are problems with all of the trade agreements that currently exist. The reason you don't have anything in front of you is that indigenous peoples haven't had the funding to challenge them directly. The international and domestic processes are exceptionally expensiv

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  Thanks for the question. It's really several issues. One, it's a matter of joint jurisdiction, legal jurisdiction. First nations have not been involved in any of the process and they should have been involved because it involves our lands, resources, people's intellectual proper

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  I would just say that the TPP as it currently reads would not bring the kind of benefit, in my opinion, to first nations that's being talked about here. Canada's only specific mention is on the procurement policy, and that's where indigenous peoples tend to be relegated, jobs and

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  No, we haven't been consulted. Most of the first nations chiefs and organizations I contacted before being asked to come here a week ago were saying, “TPP? What are the first nations issues?” There's no money, no resources, and no information. No one's reaching out. You cannot s

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  The biggest threat to indigenous trade import or export is Canada itself. Despite having treaties that guarantee the right to trade and our own self-governing and aboriginal rights to trade, Canada has made things like gaming and tobacco criminal acts. It does not recognize the J

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  I don't have all the details. All I know is that the Maori obviously were involved a lot earlier on, although probably not as early as they should have been or New Zealand wouldn't have been arguing after the fact for intellectual property rights for plants for Maori. However, th

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater

International Trade committee  I have about 40 of them. The main one is basically the exemption of the aboriginal and treaty rights, lands, and resources from the application of the TPP. That's the main one. Obviously, the wording would have to be very specific.

June 14th, 2016Committee meeting

Dr. Pamela Palmater