Traditional knowledge usurped by politics: a missed opportunity

As displayed at a recent House committee meeting, politicking and parliamentary procedures epitomized how far we still have to go if we want to meet in the middle on the path towards reconciliation.

Susan Kutz, left, and fellow witnesses Natan Obed and Marjolaine Tshernish were left in the wings when a Nov. 6 House Science Committee meeting on traditional knowledge was derailed by a Conservative motion seeking to probe Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Screenshots courtesy of ParlVu

Opinion

BY SUSAN KUTZ

December 6, 2023

A month ago, I was a witness for—and witness to—a failed hearing by the House Standing Committee on Science and Research. The topic of the Nov. 6 hearing was: “how best to integrate Indigenous traditional knowledge and science into government policy development; how to...

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