GATINEAU, Que. — The federal government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will ensure Ottawa is held to account no matter who is in power.
He announced the plan to appoint a commissioner for modern treaty implementation Tuesday in Gatineau, Que., at a second annual meeting of self-governing Indigenous governments."To honour our agreements with Indigenous Peoples, we need to ensure that trust, transparency and accountability remain at the heart of our efforts to build renewed nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown and government-to-government relationships.
The government is planning to wrap up consultations on the role by late June, table legislation sometime after that and budget $10.6 million over four years to support the commissioner's work. Chief Robert Louie of Westbank First Nation in British Columbia spoke alongside Trudeau at the morning event."That's fantastic and welcome news," he said.
"There is still much room for improvement on how Canada organizes itself internally to support the implementation of the inherent right to self government."Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press
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