Discussion · Government Orders
Leah Gazan NDP
“The government cares more about big corporations than people, the environment, and Indigenous rights. It keeps breaking United Nations rules on Indigenous rights. If the government creates this commissioner, it must actually listen to them.”
“Mr. Speaker, the government has clearly demonstrated that the only partners it cares about are big corporations, which comes on the backs of people, the environment, indigenous rights and community health and safety. If we want to talk about accountability, the government has shown that it is not accountable. It has continued to violate the minimum standards outlined in the articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples time and time again over the last year and a half. I am calling the government’s bluff. If it is going to put a commissioner in place, it better listen to that commissioner.”
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Mr. Speaker, the government has clearly demonstrated that the only partners it cares about are big corporations, which comes on the backs of people, the environment, indigenous rights and community health and safety. If we want to talk about accountability, the government has shown that it is not accountable. It has continued to violate the minimum standards outlined in the articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples time and time again over the last year and a half. I am calling the government’s bluff. If it is going to put a commissioner in place, it better listen to that commissioner.