Indigenous reps flag ‘significant challenges’ to giving input on rising number of federal projects

Estimates suggest that, between the feds and provinces, ‘the duty to consult is triggered hundreds of thousands of times per year in Canada,' says one committee witness.
Kevin Carlson, assistant to the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak grand chief, left; MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee; Lucien Wabanonik, chief of Lake Simon Anishnabe Nation Council; and Kilivak Kabloona, then-CEO of Nunavut Tunngavik at the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples on June 2.

In the rush to "build Canada strong," Indigenous leaders say they’re struggling with resource capacity to participate in consultations the federal government has a constitutional obligation to undertake—participation that’s being made harder by short timelines, and cha...

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