Windspeaker.com“There’s no reason why Canada shouldn’t do it if they’re actually serious about UNDRIP.”
Canada seeks to update the Interpretation Act to protect Indigenous rights, but draft legislation fails to include the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The chancellor's chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University thinks that's a "curious omission."
Canada seeks to update Interpretation Act to protect Indigenous rights, but draft fails to include UNDRIP
A constitutional law professor doesn’t believe the Liberal government is going far enough with proposed amendments to the federal Interpretation Act. Justice Canada is soliciting feedback from Indigenous partners on draft legislation which includes a non-derogation clause associated with upholding section 35 Aboriginal and treaty rights, which would apply to all federal laws.
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