United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples

• Indigenous leaders in B.C. call on government to change cannabis laws

  Leaders said Indigenous businesses are unfairly subjected to excessive taxation and onerous regulations in B.C.

  Cannabis

  Apr 20, 2023
  
• Enshrining UN’s Indigenous rights vow is a work in progress: Lametti

  The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples affirms the rights of Indigenous Peoples to self-determination, to their language, culture and traditional lands.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
  
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• Vancouver council greenlights UN Indigenous rights plan

  Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2022
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• Kelowna fraudster’s sentence ‘simply not enough’: Indigenous leaders

  'We can never allow another individual like Robert Riley Saunders to capitalize on the broken child welfare system that has been imposed on our people.'

  Crime

  Jul 27, 2022
• ‘Absolutely ridiculous’: B.C. parents unable to register their baby’s Indigenous name

  Crystal Smith and Raymond Shaw say they won't register three-month-old λugʷaləs K’ala’ask Shaw until B.C.'s Vital Statistics Agency can accept his name as written.

  Perspectives

  Apr 18, 2022
• B.C. unveils actions to fulfill UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples commitments

  The action plan, released on Wednesday, includes commitments to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ inherent rights, interests and legal orders. 

  Politics

  Mar 30, 2022
• Questions remain over Indigenous consultation on sales of Crown lands in Saskatchewan

  Indigenous leaders question the auctioning and selling of Crown lands in Saskatchewan without proper consultation is concerning.

  Politics

  Nov 9, 2021
• Bill C-15, which aligns Canada’s laws with UN Indigenous declaration, passes 3rd reading

  The Liberals, NDP, Bloc Quebecois and remaining two Greens joined forces to send Bill C-15 to the Senate, with a final tally of 210 to 118.

  Canada

  May 25, 2021
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• Feds take 1st step towards enshrining UN Indigenous rights declaration into law

  The Liberal government introduced long-awaited legislation Thursday to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
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• Why a UN declaration on Indigenous rights has struggled to become Canadian law

  The UN declaration, which was adopted by the Trudeau government in 2016, is still controversial in Canada.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2019