UNDRIP bill reaches end of its journey: This passed even after repeated attempts by the Mohawk Council of
Kahnawake (MCK) and the Assembly of the First Nations Quebec-Labrador
(AFNQL) to include amendments in the bill in order to support it.
“Everything that I am seeing will point out to me that in terms of Bill
C-15, the battle will go on,” said MCK chief Ross Montour.
“But for now, the government has succeeded in passing some neutered
law that names the declaration without it being the declaration. It’s
really a colonial approach and mindset.”
UNDRIP bill reaches end of its journey: This passed even after repeated attempts by the Mohawk Council of
Kahnawake (MCK) and the Assembly of the First Nations Quebec-Labrador
(AFNQL) to include amendments in the bill in order to support it.
“Everything that I am seeing will point out to me that in terms of Bill
C-15, the battle will go on,” said MCK chief Ross Montour.“But for now, the government has succeeded in passing some neutered
law that names the declaration without it being the declaration. It’s
really a colonial approach and mindset.”Read More