MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023 | THE HILL TIMES 13 Opinion Indigenous human rights Stronger ambition is needed within gov-ernment to ensure that Canada’s laws are actively being aligned with the rights af- firmed by the UNDRIP, and that this work are not second-class rights is happening in a coordinated way. This requires the prime minister to direct his cabinet ministers to pursue transformative legis. [...] and ambition Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship by Prime Canada pledged in the action plan to pur- Minister sue amendments to Canada’s immigration Justin legislation, and to address other barriers to Trudeau, mobility and immigration. pictured on First Nations are already eligible to the Hill enter the United States and to apply for recently, and permanent residency there on the basis central. [...] The federal agencies government in Canada currently discrim- within the inates against Inuit by declining to recog- federal nize Inuit treaty organizations in the list system, the of Indigenous Peoples it provides to the UN United States government for the purposes Declaration of determining eligibility for permanent Act risks residency. [...] Following the release the same protection as the rights of other being of our communities tion (Article 36); new federal legislation of the action plan in August 2023, some Canadians. enabling the systematic repatriation of departments continue to lack the mandates The health and well-being of our depends on the success Indigenous human remains and belongings needed to implement their own action. [...] UNDRIP is a historic first step that can Kanatami, the national organization for standard internationally 5, many federal departments declined to help close the legislative and policy gaps protecting and advancing the rights and include clear legislative commitments in that harm Inuit and other Indigenous interests of Inuit in Canada. for the implementation of the action plan developed under the.
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