By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) is urging the Quebec government to withdraw the proposed Quebec constitution. At a meeting in Montreal last Wednesday, the AFNQL\u2019s council of chiefs unanimously reaffirmed that withdrawing Bill 1 is the only acceptable path forward. AFNQL Regional Chief Francis Verreault-Paul argued that the bill would enshrine the \u201clegal erasure\u201d of First Nations within Quebec\u2019s legal framework. “Adopting this bill, in its current or amended form, would amount to constitutionalizing the political and legal erasure of First Nations \u2014 move that directly perpetuates the Doctrine of Discovery and is incompatible with any genuine form of reconciliation,” Verreault-Paul said. The Quebec Constitution Act, tabled in the National Assembly last October, aims to codify Quebec\u2019s alleged fundamental values… <\/p>\n
By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) is urging the Quebec government to withdraw the proposed Quebec constitution. At a meeting in Montreal last Wednesday, the AFNQL\u2019s council of chiefs unanimously reaffirmed that withdrawing Bill 1 is the only acceptable path forward. AFNQL Regional Chief Francis Verreault-Paul argued that the bill would enshrine the \u201clegal erasure\u201d of First Nations within Quebec\u2019s legal framework. “Adopting this bill, in its current or amended form, would amount to constitutionalizing the political and legal erasure of First Nations \u2014 move that directly perpetuates the Doctrine of Discovery and is incompatible with any genuine form of reconciliation,” Verreault-Paul said. The Quebec Constitution Act, tabled in the National Assembly last October, aims to codify Quebec\u2019s alleged fundamental values... <\/p>\n