Advance Indigenous reconciliation with a new fiscal relationship

Canadians must realize that if reconciliation is not dealt with and strategies are not implemented, Canada’s economy is going to be impacted.

The last Parliament took a significant step forward in advancing reconciliation with the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was first brought forward in 2016 as a private member’s bill by former NDP MP Romeo Saganash. This was progress and it has also raised expectations, write Harold Calla and C.T. (Manny) Jules.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY HAROLD CALLA AND C.T. JULES

September 29, 2021

Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples was a theme for every party’s platform in the recent election. This is progress, and we congratulate every Member of Parliament on their recent electoral success. Talking about policy is good, but implementation is key and for too long, Canada has fallen shor...

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