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"Since the passage of FNFMA, 335 First Nations have chosen optional path of participation in the FNFMA — more than half of all Indian Act First Nations...The FNFMA framework & institutions have enabled First Nations to collectively secure" 1/12
"an intern'l, investment-grade credit rating & access $2 billion in private capital through FNFA, creating over 14,000 new jobs in the process. This platform has further empowered First Nations gov't's 2 generate over $1 billion in tax revenues, empowered by FNTC." 2/12
"Stronger gov't's, flourishing economies & secure revenues have supported capacity of First Nations 4 self-determination & lead 2 improved socio-economic outcomes, including community services & infrastructure." 3/12
Let's recall in 1995, based on 1969 White Paper, PM Jean Chretien imposed an "Inherent Right" 2 self-gov't policy that recognized "Inherent Right" in abstract not 2 any group & w/ pre-conditions 2 negotiations that convert legal status of FN's into ethnic municipalities. 4/12
To support his 1969 White Paper "self-gov't" objectives PM Chretien tried to pass an Indian Act Amendment package (Bill C-79) in line w/ "Inherent Right Policy" to convert Band Councils into legal [white] persons (corporations) in Canadian law. the Chiefs killed the bill. 5/12
From 2000-2003 PM Chretien tried to revive Bill C-79 again with First Nations Governance Act (Bill C-7), but with help of NDP & BQ the Chief's stalled the Bill until Chretien left politics & it died! 6/12
But to support his 1969 White Paper model of municipal self-gov't, PM Chretien got Parliament to pass First Nations Land Management Act & First Nations Fiscal Management Act to assimilate First Nations into Canada's property & tax systems as the White Paper intended! 7/12
Harper killed the First Nations Statistics Institute, but supported the 3 Fiscal Institutions: First Nations Financial Management Board, First Nations Finance Authority (Loan Fund & Bonds), First Nations Tax Commission. 8/12
The Financial Management Act Institutions were set up by PM Chretien to help support municipal self-gov't. That's why the Indian Act Bands and Reserves are the basis for the "Roadmap" from "poverty to prosperity" of the FMA Institutions. 9/12
The FMA Institutions "Roadmap" says their plan is the way to implement section 35 & UNDRIP & Member Bands have borrowed & raised money through bonds & taxation, but it's based on Crown delegated Indian Act By-Laws or alternatively self-gov't municipal "jurisdiction". 10/12
RCAP recognized 60-80 Indigenous Nations in what's now known as Canada & recommended Nationhood 4 self-determination NOT Band self-gov't! Indigenous Nations are best suited 2 take on federal provincial & territorial gov't's NOT Bands-Organizing needs 2 start from ground up! 11/12
In June 2023, feds are issuing an action-plan to implement Canada's domestic version of UNDRIP (Bill C-15) what many of us call CANDRIP! That action-plan will be based on the status quo (land codes, taxation, land claims & municipal self-gov't)! 12/12 #WiseUp#RiseUp#Sovereignty
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A Manitoba Chief recently asked me at a meeting "where's your red cape"? I was confused at first then I got it. It was a shot at my strong advocacy for First Nations rights. I've heard other Chiefs say I'm too critical of government "you can't bite the hand that feeds you"! 1/9
I've worked as an advisor & policy analyst for Indian Act Chiefs & Councils and establishment Chiefs' orgs-like AFN-for decades now. I started working at NIB in 1981, just as Canada's new constitution was being negotiated & sent to England for ratification & signing by QEII. 2/9
As an experiment-in 1990-I helped create Liberal Party of Canada's, Aboriginal Peoples Commission & served as VP-Policy from 1990-1994, during time of death of Meech Lake Accord & Quebec & Canada attack on Kanehsatake & Kahnawake & 1993 Liberal Redbook & majority gov't! 3/9
CANDRIP (Bill C-15) Nat'l Action-Plan includes Measure #23 for Trudeau gov't to unilaterally issue a "public statement" to "withdraw the Comprehensive Land Claims & Inherent Right Policies...public statement will include the extinguishment of rights is not a policy objective" 1/8
In 2019, Trudeau & Horgan gov't's got their partner the BC First Nations Summit to jointly issue "Recognition and Reconciliation of Rights Policy for treaty negotiations in British Columbia" renewing the BCTC process w/ its flaws. 2/8 rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1567636002…
UBCIC Member First Nations were excluded from development of 2019 BC Treaty Negotiation Policy, likely becuz they opposed BCTC Treaty Extinguishment Process from its beginning in 1992. 3/8
By June 21, 2023 Trudeau gov't will give Parliament it's CANDRIP (Bill C-15) Nat'l Action-Plan 2 continue its 4 Termination Policies (self-gov't, comprehensive claims, specific claims & additions-to-reserve (until reserve is eliminated) & assimilation land & tax legislation! 1/5
Authentic self-determination (not feds municipal self-gov't policy) is antidote to colonialism--because of SCC burden of proof in Canada, this requires research, mapping & planning! 2/5
Federal plan is well underway to transition Bands & Reserves (First Nations) into 4th Level Indigenous Municipal Corporations, this includes phased elimination of reserves into private property (fee simple) 3/5
"More broadly, CIRNAC will work towards the ongoing implementation of the UNDRIP Act, which supports Indigenous Peoples in achieving self-determination, resulting in improved socio-economic conditions and well-being." 1/5
"In particular, CIRNAC will work to advance the following articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:" 2/5
"the right to self-determination (art. 3)
the right to self-government over internal and local affairs (art. 4)
the right to maintain and strengthen distinct institutions while participating in life of the State (art. 5)
the right to belong to a nation (art. 9)" 3/5
"Reserve system in Canada, as it has evolved in the period since Confederation, has largely been a creature of federal gov't policy & legislation." 1/8
"The underlying federal presumption in immediate wake of Confederation was that Reserve system would disappear concurrently with “advancement” of Indian people & their eventual enfranchisement & assimilation." 2/8
"For this reason, it has always been easier
to surrender or expropriate Reserve lands than it has been to return lands to reserve status, or establish new reserves." 3/8
“At its core, the concept of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent is about meaningful consultation with Indigenous Peoples on issues of concern to them with a goal of achieving consensus”
SOURCE: November 16, 2016, PowerPoint, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada 1/4
“At its core, the concept of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent is about meaningful consultation with Indigenous Peoples on issues of concern to them with a goal of achieving consensus”
SOURCE: November 16, 2016, PowerPoint, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada 2/4
“At its core, the concept of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent is about meaningful consultation with Indigenous Peoples on issues of concern to them with a goal of achieving consensus”
SOURCE: November 16, 2016, PowerPoint, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada 3/4