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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  This is a criticism of our own governments. We've never really sat down and said, “What is a citizenship law going to look like?” I think it's imperative that we do, because citizenship has to take the place of the Indian registry and status and non-status members. People have to

April 20th, 2010Committee meeting

Chief William K. Montour

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I was actually on the committee. In fact, I chaired the chiefs committee on citizenship with AFN from 1985 to 1991, and we worked on that. In 1985, when Bill C-31 was enacted, the federal government estimated that 56,000 people nationally would want to become Indians again. Of t

April 20th, 2010Committee meeting

Chief William K. Montour

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. But as I stated in my presentation, there are close to 200,000 new Indians in Canada, and the huge impact in our communities alone is overwhelming. Let's take the estimate of 45,000 people who may become status people under Bill C-3. Could they not use some kind of similar

April 20th, 2010Committee meeting

Chief William K. Montour

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm no lawyer, but I try to look at things in a common-sense way. The Canadian Human Rights Act, the way I read it, deals with programs and services to a community, and if somebody is not getting that, then they have an argument. We are talking about citizenship here, people's id

April 20th, 2010Committee meeting

Chief William K. Montour

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, he upstaged me. I believe we need both. In the interim, we need to have the recognition for those people who are aggrieved. But more importantly, I think we have to go back to the start of this whole history, back to 1876. To quote Dan George in one of his movies, “Women

April 20th, 2010Committee meeting

Chief William K. Montour

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sge:no swa:gwego. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I first want to acknowledge the Algonquin people, whose territory we're in, and I also want to thank Mr. Lemay for convincing the committee that we need five more minutes. Thank you, Mr. Lemay. Six Nations of the Grand River has the

April 20th, 2010Committee meeting

Chief William K. Montour