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Mar 14 9 tweets 2 min read
Le Canada se réjouit de la décision historique rendue récemment par la Cour d’appel du Québec selon laquelle le droit inhérent à l’autonomie gouvernementale des Premières Nations, des Inuit et des Métis est reconnu et confirmé par l’article 35 de la Constitution. #polcan
et comprend la compétence en matière de services à l’enfance et à la famille. C’est la première fois qu’un tribunal reconnaît que les peuples autochtones ont un droit à l’autonomie gouvernementale protégé par la Constitution, et le gouvernement accueillerait favorablement
une décision de la Cour suprême du Canada qui étendrait la reconnaissance de ce droit à l’ensemble du pays.
Le gouvernement du Canada appuie également l’avis de la Cour d’appel du Québec qui a largement confirmé la validité constitutionnelle de la Loi, y compris
les normes nationales de prestation de services à l’enfance et à la famille aux enfants et aux familles autochtones établies par les articles 10 à 17 de la Loi.
Le gouvernement du Canada a toutefois décidé de faire appel de la conclusion de la Cour d’appel du Québec
selon laquelle les articles 21 et 22(3) de la Loi sont invalides. L’article 21 donne force de loi, à titre de lois fédérales, aux lois autochtones qui répondent aux conditions établies par la Loi, et le paragraphe 22(3) confirme la prépondérance de ces lois autochtones
en cas de conflit avec les lois provinciales. La décision de la Cour d’appel du Québec soulève d’importantes questions sur la façon dont les communautés peuvent exercer leur compétence en matière de services à l’enfance et à la famille sans être indûment entravées par les lois
provinciales.
Nous attendons avec impatience les directives de la Cour suprême du Canada sur la meilleure approche à adopter pour que les communautés autochtones puissent exercer efficacement leur compétence, sans qu’elles soient gênées par des lois contradictoires.
Le gouvernement du Canada continuera de collaborer avec les groupes, les communautés et les dirigeants autochtones, ainsi qu’avec tous les gouvernements provinciaux et territoriaux, afin d’assurer la sécurité et le bien-être continus des enfants et des familles autochtones,
et d’établir une voie à suivre qui favorise la pleine reconnaissance des droits des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis en matière de services à l’enfance et à la famille.

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Mar 14
Canada welcomes the Quebec Court of Appeal’s recent ground-breaking decision that found that the inherent right of self-government of First Nations, Inuit and Métis is recognized by section 35 of the Constitution including jurisdiction of child and family services. #cdnpoli
This is the first time a Canadian court has recognized that Indigenous Peoples have a constitutionally-protected right of self-government, and the Government would welcome a decision from the Supreme Court of Canada to extend this across the country.
The Government of Canada also supports the Quebec Court of Appeal’s opinion that largely confirmed the constitutional validity of the Act, including the national standards for delivering child and family services to Indigenous children and families
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Jan 27
The same week as Williams Lake First Nation announced the discovery of 93 potential unmarked graves at the site of the St Joseph's Mission School, a number of articles have been circulating questioning the nature and validity of these and other recovery efforts. #cdnpoli
These articles are part of a pattern of denialism and distortion that has coloured the discourse on Residential Schools in Canada. They are harmful because they attempt to deny survivors and their families the truth, and they distort Canadians' understanding of our history.
The ghoulish demand to see corpses—one article is unashamedly titled “In Kamloops, not one body has been found”--is not only highly distasteful but also retraumatizing for survivors and their families.
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Nov 5, 2021
Le drapeau national sur la Tour de la Paix, à Ottawa, et ceux flottant sur tous les édifices et établissements du gouvernement fédéral, partout au pays, seront de nouveau hissés au sommet des mâts le dimanche 7 novembre, au coucher du soleil.
Les drapeaux seront remis en berne le 8 novembre, au lever du soleil, en l’honneur de la Journée des anciens combattants autochtones, puis hissés au sommet des mâts le soir même, au coucher du soleil.
Le 11 novembre, à l’occasion du jour du Souvenir, les drapeaux seront à nouveau mis en berne au lever du soleil. Les drapeaux avaient été mis en berne le 30 mai, après l’identification de sépultures anonymes sur les terrains de l’ancien pensionnat pour Autochtones à Kamloops.
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Nov 5, 2021
The National Flag on the Peace Tower in Ottawa and on all Government of Canada buildings and establishments across the country will return to full-mast at sunset on Sunday, November 7. #cdnpoli
The flags will be lowered at sunrise on November 8 for Indigenous Veterans Day, raised again that evening at sunset, and then lowered on November 11 for Remembrance Day.
The flags were lowered to half-mast on May 30 following the identification of unmarked graves at the former Kamloops residential school.
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Oct 29, 2021
We have been unequivocal from the start: we will compensate those harmed by child and family services polices in order to mend past wrongs and lay the foundation for a more equitable and stronger future for First Nations children, their families and communities. #cdnpoli
Today, the Government of Canada and the Parties, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and Assembly of First Nations, are announcing that we have agreed to sit down immediately and work towards reaching a global resolution by December 2021
on outstanding issues that have been the subject of litigation. This will include:

• providing fair, equitable compensation to First Nations children on-reserve and in the Yukon who were removed from their homes by child and family services agencies,
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Sep 24, 2021
We all have a role to play in finishing the fight against Covid-19. The Premier’s misunderstanding of his own healthcare system and the role it plays together with the Athabasca Health Authority & Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority is alarming & unproductive. #cdnpoli
The facts are that the vaccination rates in First Nation communities in Saskatchewan are low: approximately 60% among persons 12 and older. We should absolutely not seek to place blame on those communities.
There are many reasons for this, including high youth populations, coupled with the fact that Saskatchewan did not prioritize Indigenous communities as per NACI guidelines. We are also seeing hesitancy in certain communities.
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