Implementing UNDRIP a matter of human rights, and human rights shouldn’t be partisan

UNDRIP offers a number of rights-based solutions that are necessary to end the ongoing violence being inflicted upon Indigenous families, communities, nations and individuals.

Former NDP MP Romeo Saganash, who represented Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou, Que., from 2011 until 2019, did not run for re-election. Mr. Saganash introduced the private member's Bill C-262 in the last Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Ry Moran

November 11, 2019

Four years ago, Justin Trudeau proclaimed that no relationship was more important to him and to Canada than the one with Indigenous peoples. He swept to power in 2015 after a campaign filled with messages about hope, optimism, and a focus on a renewed nation-to-nation relationship. His government w...

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