Exploring Theme: "Bill C-15 Action Plan"

NationTalk: Lenape (Lenapehoking) Traditional Territory/New York City, NY, USA – BCAFN Regional Chief Terry Teegee addressed the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and urgently called upon Canada to develop a comprehensive, whole-of-government framework to guide the implementation of the United Nations Declaration Act (UNDA) and it’s Action Plan. In addition, he called for...

NationTalk: Law360 Canada: The National Action Plan, the latest initiative on United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples(UNDRIP) implementation by the federal government, pledges to begin the process of incorporating UNDRIP into Canadian law. However, the plan is presently seen less as a blueprint for change and more as a source of increasing concern due...

APTN News: Jody Wilson-Raybould has written three books about her time in politics, and her name is being circulated as a potential candidate to replace recently deposed AFN national chief RoseAnne Archibald. Jody Wilson-Raybould told the Assembly of First Nations the Trudeau government could do better on UNDRIP. Photo: Fraser Needham/APTN News  Former attorney general...

By The Canadian PressJun 22, 2023  Government criticized for releasing the plan on National Indigenous Day. APTN News: The federal government released its action plan on Wednesday to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The government had presented its draft to chiefs gathered for a meeting of the Assembly of First...

“At no time has Canada come to talk to our treaty peoples, the rights holders. We’ve never consented to what’s on their national plan and on how they’re going to implement it.” — Tsuut’ina Nation Councillor Regena Crowchild Tsuut’ina Nation Councillor Regena Crowchild did not mark National Indigenous Peoples Day by celebrating the newly released...

Emergency resolution says there’s been ‘grossly inadequate time’ for First Nations to provide input CBC News: The Assembly of First Nations is urging the Canadian government to overhaul its action plan on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), after a working draft of the plan met with disappointment and resistance at...

Draft plan gets chilly reception at chiefs assembly in Ottawa CBC News: Justice Minister David Lametti admits his Liberal government’s draft plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples isn’t perfect but he wants First Nations to support it anyway. “The draft plan is just that: It’s a draft. It is...

Assembly of First Nations to meet this week in Ottawa CBC News: As the Trudeau Liberals approach eight years in power, David Lametti acknowledges much is riding on his government’s upcoming plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Canada. The Liberals will paint a detailed picture of their current...

APTN National News: The Canadian government claims the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is an “interpretative aid only” that can’t be used to strike down federal laws even though Parliament has passed legislation requiring they be in sync. Lawyers for Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) made the argument in response to a Federal...