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April 18, 2024


BCAFN Regional Chief Terry Teegee Advocates for Stronger Measures in Canada’s UN Declaration Act 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...

August 2, 2023


Unravelling Canada’s UN Indigenous action plan

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...

July 14, 2023


Former justice minister pays surprise visit to AFN assembly, lambastes Liberals’ UNDRIP action plan

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...

June 22, 2023


Ottawa releases action plan to implement UNDRIP, despite calls for more consultation

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...

June 22, 2023


Federal action plan for UNDRIP lacks input from rights holders, the treaty nations, says Crowchild

“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...

April 6, 2023


Assembly of First Nations wants federal UNDRIP plan overhauled, slams consultation process

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...

April 5, 2023


Justice minister pitches Assembly of First Nations with ‘imperfect’ UNDRIP plan

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...

April 3, 2023


First Nations chiefs to debate Trudeau government’s draft UNDRIP action plan

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...

May 3, 2022


Department of Justice states that UNDRIP is ‘Interpretive aid only” and cannot override Canadian law

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...

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