Indigenous ministry proposed ‘nuanced interpretation’ of Liberal election promise to enact UN rights treaty

The government will implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through new laws and policies, not a word-for-word application of the international treaty, says the office of Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett is responsible for handling the government's promise to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Officials in her department suggested in December 2015 that she consider some 'nuance' to what that promise means. Her office says implementing the declaration will require new laws, policies, institutions, and more. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 26, 2017

The federal ministry responsible for Indigenous affairs told newly minted minister Carolyn Bennett in 2015 that her government should allow some “nuance” to the meaning of its campaign commitment to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples....

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