By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor ONTARIO\u2014On June 21, while communities across the country marked National Indigenous Peoples Day with cultural celebrations, some Indigenous leaders were once again drawing attention to concerns about the ongoing erosion of Indigenous rights through federal and provincial legislation. In an interview, First Nations policy analyst Russell Diabo emphasized that the passage of Bill C-15 in 2021\u2014Canada\u2019s legislation to align federal law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)\u2014was fundamentally flawed. \u201cIn 2021, the Liberal-NDP alliance refused to accept any amendments to Bill C-15 to fix the fatal flaws,\u201d Mr. Diabo said. \u201cThat includes amendments proposed by Chief Ross Montour of Kahnaw\u00e0:ke, representing the AFNQL (Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador). Those were ignored.\u201d Mr. Diabo… <\/p>\n
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor ONTARIO\u2014On June 21, while communities across the country marked National Indigenous Peoples Day with cultural celebrations, some Indigenous leaders were once again drawing attention to concerns about the ongoing erosion of Indigenous rights through federal and provincial legislation. In an interview, First Nations policy analyst Russell Diabo emphasized that the passage of Bill C-15 in 2021\u2014Canada\u2019s legislation to align federal law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)\u2014was fundamentally flawed. \u201cIn 2021, the Liberal-NDP alliance refused to accept any amendments to Bill C-15 to fix the fatal flaws,\u201d Mr. Diabo said. \u201cThat includes amendments proposed by Chief Ross Montour of Kahnaw\u00e0:ke, representing the AFNQL (Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador). Those were ignored.\u201d Mr. Diabo... <\/p>\n