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.
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Call to Action # 43: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (43-44)
AFN-QL condemns Mining Act of Quebec as “unconstitutional”
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