Bill C-29 an attack on Inuit self-determination

A national council for reconciliation will be an ineffectual body duplicating work that Indigenous representative groups are already undertaking with the federal government.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree sponsored Bill C-29, which achieved royal assent on April 30. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NATAN OBED

May 2, 2024

Bill C-29, an act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation, received royal assent on April 30 after being introduced in June 2022, and receiving minor amendments in the Senate in late 2023. It will create an ineffectual body that will at best...

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