Bill C-53: An Act (dis)Respecting First Nations Inherent Rights
How can Bill C-53 come to undermine Anishinaabe rights in Ontario?
How can Bill C-53 come to undermine Anishinaabe rights in Ontario?
How has the Powley test come to undermine Métis rights and relations with First Nations people?
Last week the Assembly of First Nations hosted a national meeting on the federal government’s proposed “Rights, Recognition and Implementation Framework”. The proposal was met with resistance by most of the elected First Nation leadership who were present, justifiably so. As suspected, Canada is seeking to entrench a version of contemporary state-Indigenous relations merely re-branded as reconciliation.