In February 2018, Trudeau announced the development of a new and transformational Indigenous Rights, Recognition and Implementation Framework. This report, by the Yellowhead Institute finds that the Rights Framework expresses a clear and coherent set of goals, which revolve around domesticating Indigenous self-determination within Canadian Confederation. These goals have been ordered into legislation and policy in a manner that guides First Nations towards a narrow model of “self-government” outside of the Indian Act. The report is divided into three sections:
Part 1: Relationship Reform
Changes to the machinery of government to facilitate the new relationship
Part 2: Policy Reform
Existing and emerging policy on “reconstituting nations”
Part 3: Legislative Reform
Pending legislative reform and the “pre-conditions” for Indigenous Rights
