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FELDSTED: We can never be subject to law that is compiled by an unelected and unaccountable outside body, that is comprised of a majority of representatives who are not members of democratic nations


Reconciliation should not be partisan': Ministers call for end to Tory stalling on Indigenous rights bill
John Paul Tasker ~~ CBC News ~~ Apr 11, 2019

Attorney General David Lametti and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett are demanding the Conservative leader in the Senate put an end to procedural manoeuvres by his caucus that threaten to derail legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Canada.


In a letter to Conservative Senate Leader Larry Smith, Lametti and Bennett said "stall tactics" employed by Conservative senators — such as adjourning debate, a tool used to punt a vote or delay further discussion — are blocking Bill C-262 from getting a timely study at the Senate's Aboriginal Peoples committee.

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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People has no bearing on reconciliation.

We already have a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that applies to every person living in Canada.

We already have a Human Rights Act that apples to every person living in Canada.

We do not differentiate between Aboriginal People and others except under terms of the Indian Act.


The Indian Act must be repealed as it is contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is embodied in the constitution and thus superior to the Indian Act.

It is idiocy to enact a UN Declaration that only applies to Aboriginal People. That is divisive, and will drive a wedge between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people, and is the exact opposite of reconciliation.

We can never be subject to law that is compiled by an unelected and unaccountable outside body, that is comprised of a majority of representatives who are not members of countries with democratic governments.

We are the masters of our nation, not the United Nations ... or any other world body.   


John Feldsted
Political Consultant & Strategist
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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