Ottawa has abandoned band members who are also Canadian citizens by ceding its oversight powers to band councils that answer to no one
On Feb. 4, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed yet another clutch of frivolous claims to try and halt the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, after Indigenous claimants tried to make the case that the years of government consultations over the project weren’t sufficient.
“Canada found a cunning way to abrogate its fiduciary duty, adopting the inherent right of self-government . It is politically popular with chiefs and the Indian industry. And it conveniently abrogates Canada’s oversight duty to ensure compliance with the law,” Twinn said in an interview with the Financial Post.
Making matters worse, band members can no longer count on the federal government to support their democratic or other rights. This applies not only to financial matters, but to problems in many parts of the country involving election fraud, unfair reserve regulations and enforcement, nepotism, favouritism and cases where band councils have banned certain individuals, or denied them membership.“While the equality rights in Sec.
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