B.C. treaty commissioner says agreement with the federal and provincial governments allows the nation to take control of its future
The newest draft treaty signed in British Columbia will allow the First Nation to “break free from the shackles of the Indian Act” and take control of their future, the head of the provincial treaty commission said Tuesday.
“As a mother and a grandmother, I see the treaty as a powerful tool and what we want all First Nations people to experience is the freedom from the Indian Act,” said Haldane. “These positive shifts reflect new approaches to negotiation in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Canada’s United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and the B.C. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act,” the statement said.
“Hopefully our grandchildren and great-grandchildren down the road will label them, flip some pages and they’ll see some of the steps and some of the efforts that have been taken,” he said. Murray Rankin, minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, said if the treaty passes, the subsequent legislation will change the Constitution of Canada.
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