Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We live in a parliamentary democracy. It's parliamentary supremacy. Parliament can move ahead and do these things. It can do these things. I don't just think it can. I think there's a responsibility to go ahead. We talk about reconciliation all the time. I know I get frustrated.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. It's a really important question, and it's being played out in courts all across the country. As a lot of you know, there is a direction we're going in to recognize indigenous legal orders. When I teach about this at law school or different venues, I alway

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks. I'm sorry for the malfunctioning there. My mom would be embarrassed. She's from an old French family that spoke French for 350 years, and I'm the first one who can't. On this point, I think it's really important to have in mind the difference between indigenous rights an

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's a lot to unpack there, and a lot of possibilities. Around the 2014 Tŝilhqot’in decision, it was very important, because we finally had a court make a declaration: Yes, these are aboriginal title lands. That was an incredibly important step forward, but at the same time

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks very much for the question. I have a couple of points on this. One issue we have all the time in the development of aboriginal law in Canada is that the courts have said there needs to be translation. The indigenous concepts of land, property holding and how you do things

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There will be a lot more people who have better ideas on how to speed it up, but I do have a couple of thoughts on this. First of all, how do you even get in the door on additions to reserves? It's very difficult for indigenous people across the country to make the argument to h

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's good to hear that at least one person goes to our website. Thank you for that. I'll say two things. There are a lot of ways to deal with this, but two things come to mind for me to begin with. I think truth-telling is important. Since the Vatican made its statement, I've

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, committee, for inviting me here today. On my flight here yesterday from Vancouver, I was listening to a podcast of somebody you might listen to: “Empire”. I would recommend it. They have started a new series on slavery, and one of things they were talking ab