Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What was the section of the bill?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Paragraph 4(a) is critical because, first of all, there is a problem with 4(a). It says “The purpose of this Act is” and it has paragraphs (a) and (b) That is not one purpose. That goes below the standard in Bill C-262 that Romeo Saganash emphasized. It should be “The purposes of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for that question. One thing that's progressing and always increasing is the number of states in Latin America that have included the UN declaration or certain critical provisions in their legislation and often in their constitutions. That's a huge development. Also,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To us it's always been about co-operation. If we work together.... In order to persuade Africa, we were told we had to meet with the most hard-core countries that existed in Africa, because they always take the lowest common denominator for remaining together. We did that, and we

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I've worked on human rights for indigenous people since 1974. I've been involved in international processes both at the UN and also at the Organization of American States in Washington, and I can tell you that, in both forums, the UN included indigenous peoples from all countries

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon, honourable committee members. I'm speaking from Saint-Lambert, Quebec, which is on the traditional territory of the Mohawk people. I wish to acknowledge the crucial work of former MP Romeo Saganash. As confirmed by the federal government, Romeo's private member

Canadian Heritage committee  May I respond in English?

Canadian Heritage committee  The UN declaration is supported worldwide. We don't have a big dissension anywhere in the whole world on it. If some instrument is supported very strongly by indigenous peoples, and if the world community has also accepted it by reaffirming it 10 times, then that instrument has l

Canadian Heritage committee  Indigenous peoples have gone through history not having their rights recognized—actually it's not “recognized”, but “affirmed”. If one does not begin by recognizing that these rights pre-exist, if one doesn't recognize that the rights are attached to the land, as some speakers ha

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. According to their own world views, indigenous peoples also embrace, interpret and express their rights in a holistic manner. All of their inherent, pre-existing rights are interrelated and interdependent. I won't read the seventh preambular paragraph in the UN declaratio

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair and honourable committee members. I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional territory of the Algonquin people. I would also like to thank you for inviting me to appear before this distinguished committee and for your support

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The only thing I was going to say is that I submitted to this committee a commentary on Mr. Isaac's and Mr. Hoekstra's work, and I dealt with that question. First of all, you'll see in there that his arithmetic was wrong, and even if you accept it, one should look at how states w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First of all, if you're going to consent, you have to look at each of the situations. Let's say that you do get different results from different first nations. It's all part of the mix. One cannot say how it's going to come out without balancing the facts in law in each case. Tha

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not aware that it went to the Supreme Court. It's just that one has to decide first whether these rights are relative. Human rights are relative. They can't be absolute. If everyone had absolute rights, how would you determine any issue? Everyone has the ultimate decision bec

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First of all, just know that the consent provisions in the UN declaration have now been approved, pretty much word-for-word, in the American declaration. How do you decide when both the American declaration, which is a regional one applying to the Caribbean and all the Americas..