King Charles has opportunity to renounce Discovery Doctrine, says national chief, MPs

'Very low' number of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 calls to action have been implemented, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald.

Since he assumed the throne after the Sept. 8 death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III should fulfill the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 45 and repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, say Indigenous leaders and MPs.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

September 28, 2022

Indigenous leaders and MPs are looking upon the recent transition in the monarchy in the United Kingdom as an opportunity to move forward on reconciliation action, including a renouncing of the Doctrine of Discovery that provided the legal framework for colonization outside of Europe. King Charles ...

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