"A historic moment": Canada releases UNDRIP implementation action plan

On National Indigenous Peoples Day on Wednesday, the Canadian government released its action plan on implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The government presented its draft to chiefs gathered for a meeting of the Assembly of First Nations, following feedback the government received on a draft of the plan in April.

“This represents a historic moment. This is a transformational document that holds potential and opportunity beyond the words written within its pages,” Minister of Justice David Lametti said.

“Undoing 150 years of colonialism doesn’t happen in the life of a single government. As I've said before, we have to identify and strip away layer after layer. But the last two years have convinced me that we need a way and a process for this to happen," he added.

“I want you to know that not 100 per cent of First Nations are in agreement with the UNDA (United Nations Declarations Act). Some are even in disagreement with the UNDRIP itself, because it doesn’t honour the sovereignty of First Nations,” Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief RoseAnne Archibald said. “However, the majority of First Nations have supported this process.”

“We have to walk these roads together with deep respect for one another, and I believe we have this commitment from this government,” Archibald added in her remarks.

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