Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 42: Justice (25-42)

Commissioner Viens supports extension to tripartite negotiation deadline

March 26, 2018

Commissioner Viens of the “Public Inquiry Commission on Relations Between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Quebec” issued a 3rd Call to Action to postpone the March 31st, 2018 tripartite negotiation deadline with every Aboriginal police force to a reasonable delay that could go up to one year while maintaining the upgraded funding. This delay will allow concerned Aboriginal police forces to truly negotiate with the authorities on their respective needs that may be different from one community to another. Commissioner Viens asserted that Aboriginal citizens in Québec felt they would be better served by police forces which are in the communities, who know the language, the culture and the people in order to create a better contact with them.