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ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262: ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᕈᑎ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ

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ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ, ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᓇᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᑎᒍᑦ, ᐊᒥᓱᓪᓗ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ. ... ᐊᑕᖏᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓗ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᕈᑎ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐲᖅᓯᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ.

Senator Murray Sinclair, Truth and Reconciliation Chair, April 2016 The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a global human rights instrument setting out minimum standards for the “survival, dignity and well-being” of Indigenous peoples around the world. In its Calls to Action, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission named the UN Declaration as “the framework” for Canadians to come together to redress the terrible harms that have been inflicted on Indigenous peoples throughout Canada’s history. Our organizations have been deeply involved in the promotion of the UN Declaration. We are firmly convinced of its vital importance to the cause of justice and reconciliation. From this perspective, we support the private member’s bill on implementation of the UN Declaration introduced in Parliament on April 21 by MP Romeo Saganash. The recently elected government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly expressed its commitment to the implementation of the UN Declaration as a top priority. Bill C-262 has five elements that are crucial to fulfilling this promise:
  • ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᓪᓗᐊᑕᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᓯᐅᖅᓯᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ Declaration.
  • ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐱᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ UN Declaration "ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ."
  • ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖃᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᒥᑭᓛᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ UN Declaration.
  • ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ UN ᓱᓕᓂᕋᕈᑎᒥᒃ.
  • ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᓴᖅᑭᔮᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓵᑕᒃᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᕈᑎᒥᒃ.
Our organizations acknowledge that full implementation of the Declaration will require long-term commitment and collaboration. We need the Declaration precisely because so many of the laws and policies affecting the lives of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada are profoundly unjust and rest on foundations of racism and colonialism. As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reminded us over and over again, “reconciliation is going to take hard work.” The UN Declaration was the subject of one of the most extensive deliberation processes ever undertaken in the international human rights system. The collaboration between Canadian government representatives and Indigenous peoples during the final years of negotiation was a key factor in developing a text that could attain such broad, global support. The development of the Declaration took more than two decades. Another decade has passed since the negotiations concluded. It is time for the government of Canada to commit to re-engage in a collaborative dialogue with Indigenous peoples to take the Declaration to the necessary next stage of domestic implementation. Bill C-262 provides a framework for doing so in a way that is principled, systematic, cooperative, transparent and accountable. This approach deserves the support of all Parliamentarians, all Parties and all Canadians. - The Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Statement endorsed by:
Amnesty International Canada Assembly of First Nations Assemblée des Premières Nations du Québec et Labrador/Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador BC Assembly of First Nations Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) Chiefs of Ontario First Nations Summit Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) Indigenous World Association KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives Nunavut Tunngavik Québec Native Women/Femmes Autochtones du Québec Union of BC Indian Chiefs

Background:
  1. ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᕗᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᕈᑎᒥᒃ. ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᕿᐱᓗᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᓂᖃᑎᒌᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇᖔᕐᓕ, ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᕗᖅ "ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᒃᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓚᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᐅᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ."
  2. ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐱᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ UN Declaration "ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ." ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᐅᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕖᑦ ᐊᑐᕋᔪᒃᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᑖᓐᓇ UN Declaration ᑭᑭᑕᐅᙱᓚᖅ: ᐊᓪᓛᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᒡᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒌᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ UN Declaration ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᑖᔅᓱᒪ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᔭᐅᔫᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262-ᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐅᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓕᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᒻᒪᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ Declaration.
  1. ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖃᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᒥᑭᓛᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ UN Declaration. ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ Declaration 2010-ᒥ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ "ᑲᓇᑕ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ Declaration ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᓕᒐᑎᒍᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ." ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐊᖑᔪᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᙱᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᙱᖦᖢᒋᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᑦ, ᐊᒃᑐᐃᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᑎᒍᑦ−ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᒃ. ᓄᑖᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᖅ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᒃ. ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐱᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒧᑦ.
  2. ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ UN Declaration. ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᖏᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᓕᕋᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ 2014-ᒥ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ. ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᒃᑯᓪᓗ.
  3. ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-262 ᓴᖅᑭᔮᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓵᑕᒃᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᕈᑎᒥᒃ.
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Text of Bill C-262 Text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ‘Veto’ and ‘Consent’ - Significant Differences, by Paul Joffe Inter-Parliamentary Union: Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 23, 2014, Indigenous Bar Association: Understanding and Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Introductory Handbook Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Asia Pacific Forum: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Joint Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Free, Prior and Informed Consent