Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 43 : United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (43-44)

AFN-QL condemns Mining Act of Quebec as “unconstitutional”

February 7, 2017

Quebec’s Mining Act fails to require consultation or consent from Indigenous nations. On February 1, 2017, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador adopted a unanimous resolution proposed by Barriere Lake condemning the Mining Act of Quebec as “unconstitutional” in regard to Indigenous rights.