The Liberal government introduced a new law in October to adopt a revised oath of citizenship that will have new Canadians swear to faithfully observe the country’s treaties with Indigenous Peoples. Two previous versions of the law died with the 2019 election.
Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said his organization worked with the Immigration Department in 2017 and 2018 on a new guide, but work has stopped. Clement Chartier, the president of the Metis National Council, said his organization received a draft of the revised guide on May 3, 2018.NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan said her party shares concerns about the slow progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls for action.Story continues below advertisement
“I’m hearing that there’s another election and they still kind of go back and forth about the semantics of it,” she said,The department said Mendicino is grateful to the parliamentary committee members for voting to sending C-8 back to the House of Commons for third reading he looks forward to seeing it pass through the Senate and become law as soon as possible.
No time for this. It's a climate emergency.
Months ago, Pre COVID, I asked a good friend who is proudly Canadian Indigenous why does it take so long? 'well, there are too many layers of people in gov't watering/slowing down the process. When they do get some traction another election comes along & they start all over.'
Perhaps because indigenous people are a separate nation as in First Nations with their own rights that need to be accepted.
What did you realistically expect...hahaha
More division.
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