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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act [a] (French: Loi sur la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, also known as UNDA or formerly Bill C-15) is a law enacted by the Parliament of Canada and introduced during the second session of the 43rd Canadian Parliament in 2020. [1]
Canada obtains: Land rights; protection for land used for resource extraction or settlement from indigenous hunting/fishing; restricted alcohol use on reserves; ability to buy and sell Aboriginal land with permission; control of the allocation of ammunition and fishing twine, and the distribution of agricultural assistance.
Timeline of the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests – Widespread protests in Canada in 2020; Trans Mountain pipeline – Oil pipeline in southwestern Canada; Treaty rights – Indigenous rights stipulated in treaties with settler societies; Oka Crisis – 1990 land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec ...
2020: Animated short [199] The Road Forward: Marie Clements: 2017: Documentary [200] The Road to Webequie: Tess Girard, Ryan Noth: 2016: Short documentary [201] Roberta: Caroline Monnet: 2014: Short drama [202] Rocks at Whiskey Trench: Alanis Obomsawin: 2000: Documentary [203] The Romance of the Far Fur Country: Harold M. Wyckoff: 1920 ...
Indigenous or Aboriginal self-government refers to proposals to give governments representing the Indigenous peoples in Canada greater powers of government. [16] These proposals range from giving Aboriginal governments powers similar to that of local governments in Canada to demands that Indigenous governments be recognized as sovereign, and capable of "nation-to-nation" negotiations as legal ...
The Supreme Court of Canada argued that treaties "served to reconcile pre-existing Indigenous sovereignty with assumed Crown sovereignty, and to define Aboriginal rights." [ 31 ] First Nations interpreted agreements covered in Treaty 8 to last "as long as the sun shines, grass grows and rivers flow."
Canadian Aboriginal Law is different from Canadian Indigenous law: In Canada, Indigenous Law refers to the legal traditions, customs, and practices of Indigenous peoples and groups. [2] [3] Aboriginal peoples as a collective noun [4] is a specific term of art used in legal documents, including the Constitution Act, 1982, and includes First ...
January 11 - BC Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender calls for a halt to the CGL pipeline until the affected Indigenous groups consent to the construction. [5] January 16 - UN committee chair Noureddine Amir admits to media that he was unaware that the CGL had broad Indigenous backing other than the Wet'suwet'en. [6]