“Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Winnipeg Centre for her ongoing commitment to first nations’ rights and to ensuring that their voices are heard, respected and recognized. Of course, this is one of the problems we have with Bill C-37. I would like to hear her talk about mobilization and how first nations and their leaders are receiving this bill. I would remind members that the previous version of this bill was co-developed, whereas this one stems essentially from the wishes of the Minister of Indigenous Services and the Prime Minister, who wanted to intervene to remove some of first nations’ fundamental human rights.”
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Madam Speaker, Claims · 44 wordsI certainly cannot speak on behalf of all first nations people in the country.Partly on pointWhat I can say as a legislator is that the Liberal government is treating the duty to consult and accommodate and free, prior and informed consent as optional constitutional rights.Reasoning · 7 wordsThese are not options for the government.Claims · 72 wordsIt has done that certainly with this bill, where there has been a very clear indication from first nations and indigenous leaders, particularly in this case of the water bill for first nations leaders, that they were not consulted on this bill.1I do not know any first nations leader or person, including me, who accepts that I have a comparable right to other people in this country to drink clean water.Positioning · 22 wordsThat is violent.It reeks of ripping from indigenous people the most basic dignity in this country: the right to clean water.Positioning
