This time, can we skip the fear-mongering?

Once we have made real progress in implementing the UN Declaration—and the sky hasn’t fallen—I predict that more people will be asking, why didn’t we do this sooner?

In my view, Bill C-15, the proposed legislation to implement the UN Declaration currently being debated in Parliament, provides a path to clarity and certainty, writes AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PERRY BELLEGARDE

April 12, 2021

I have worked in First Nations government and leadership for more than three decades. In that time, I have heard countless predictions of economic catastrophe at even a hint of progress toward recognizing and upholding First Nations’ rights. The fact that these predications never come true doesn�...

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