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Bill C-92’s Indigenous child welfare act risks continuing the status quo | rabble.ca
onpoli:
Bill C-92, An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children,
Youth and Families, has been heralded as a “historic turning point,” an
“important first step,” a “major milestone” along with other similarly
over-used and under-impressive political phrases to describe yet another
top-down initiative from the federal government. While the Assembly of
First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde (AFN) claimed that this
legislation was “co-drafted” by the AFN and the federal government, that
was not the case. In fact, Dr. Cindy Blackstock confirmed that First
Nations did not co-draft the legislation and First Nations were not even
permitted to see the second draft before it was tabled. This should be
no surprise as Justice Canada does not co-draft legislation with anyone
other than the French and English legislative drafters at Justice Canada
– this is their long-standing practice. Bill C-92 content is glaring
evidence that First Nation experts in child welfare did not hold the pen
on this bill.There are many problems with this bill, but the main problem is it
does not deliver any of what was promised by the federal government.
Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberal government promised to address the
“humanitarian crisis” through federal legislation that fully recognized
First Nation jurisdiction in relation to child welfare; that would
provide statutory funding; and would eliminate the over-representation
of First Nation children in care. If this bill is not substantially
amended before it is passed, it will not accomplish any of those
important goals. Ultimately, it will be our children and our families on
the ground – in our communities – that will pay the biggest price.
The fact that the AFN is promoting this bill so strenuously, without
regard for the numerous and serious concerns raised by First Nation
leaders, lawyers, academics and child welfare experts, shows how
disconnected they are to the crisis at hand.
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pas-daccord:
Elizabeth May address Daughters of the Vote 2019
“What we need to talk about as women now in this place and I thank you for it- Oh! I almost forgot!
The member for Beloeil-Chambly, merci mille fois pour ton discours empassionné pour la question du changement climatique. C’est une vrai crise et elle a mentionné le travail de Greta Thunberg.
(thank you a thousand times for your passionate speech on the question of climate change. It is a real crisis and she mentioned the work of Greta Thunberg)
I hope you all know Greta Thunberg. Right now you people might think I’m a climate leader. There is no climate leader on this planet who could hold a candle to that 16 year old schoolgirl in Stockholm who’s not yet old enough to vote and who is leading a movement of millions.
I was last night at a UBC lecture with Bill McKibben, who founded 350.org, and he said; the problem with politics is, in relation to climate change, is generally what you want to do is find a compromise, if you start over here and over here and you find some place to land in the middle you should be ok. But he said the problem is that with climate change, there’s no room for compromise because what we’re really debating is humanity and physics. And in that, physics isn’t interested in us, there is no compromise, there’s only doing the right thing while we still have time.
Which means the election in 2023 is too late. Only the election in 2019 can deliver the climate policies that save us. Because getting to a good climate solution slowly is just another way of losing.
We need to save ourselves now. “
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Canada’s window to defend the Arctic is closing, MP warns | CBC News
However, Russia seems to be moving in quickly. Russian
President Vladimir Putin has made no secret of his goal to lay claim to a
large portion of the Arctic, citing the estimated value of minerals in
the north at $30 trillion.
President Vladimir Putin has made no secret of his goal to lay claim to a
large portion of the Arctic, citing the estimated value of minerals in
the north at $30 trillion.
The speed of Russia’s expansion is making other nations nervous.
Last
month, the American commander of NORAD called on U.S. and Canadian
policy makers to think about whether they’re doing enough to counter
Russian threats in the far North.
“We haven’t seen this sort of
systematic and methodical increase in threats since the height of the
Cold War,” Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy told the group.