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Visit our 2019 Election page to more about the upcoming federal elections, issues of importance to Indigenous peoples and party positions on the UN Declaration… Read More »2019 Federal Election

OPEN LETTER TO ALL CANDIDATES IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls,… Read More »The Next Session of Parliament Must Prioritize Protection and Fulfillment of the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Twelfth session15–19 July 2019Item 6 of the provisional agenda: Country Engagement Joint Statement Recommendation: That EMRIP remind… Read More »Recommendations on Country Engagement with Free, Prior and Informed Consent

PUBLIC STATEMENT Filibuster a blow to democracy and human rights but cannot turn back the clock on implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of… Read More »Indigenous human rights advocates horrified that handful of Senators blocked Bill C-262

Have a look at our graphic on Bill C-262 Learn more about Bill C-262 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from… Read More »Key Elements of Bill C-262

OPEN LETTER TO PARLIAMENTARIANS A unanimous motion of the 338-member House of Commons said that two bills currently before the Senate, Bills C-262 and C-337,… Read More »Stalling on Bills C-262 and C-337 undermines Canada’s democratic process, jeopardizes reconciliation and fails to protect human rights

JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT We are hopeful that in a matter of days the Senate will vote to adopt a private member’s bill that would require… Read More »Hyperbole and misrepresentation must not prevent Senate passing Bill C-262

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and MP Saganash’s corresponding bill are not ‘aspirational.’ ARTICLE BY PAUL JOFFE AND SHERYL LIGHTFOOT,… Read More »Legislative framework essential for UN declaration