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House Hansard - 280

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 12, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/12/24 12:51:06 p.m.
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I know this is a piece of legislation that many are passionate about. There are differing points of view, and I would hope that each side will be able to respect each other, whether they agree with what is being said or not. Resuming debate, the hon. member for Cumberland—Colchester.
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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
Ms. Leah Gazan
  • Feb/12/24 6:06:17 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-15 
Mr. Speaker, we passed legislation in the last Parliament. In fact, I worked with the current Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, amending it, putting this bill forward. We have something, in fact. It is not a lack of legislation. It is now a fact of pushing for a change of colonial behaviour. We have the TRC's 94 calls to action. We have the 231 calls for justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which provide a framework and a path forward. We have legislation, Bill C-15, to make sure any legislation going forward respects the human rights of indigenous peoples, because we know, globally, that we needed a declaration because there has been a universal, global violation of the human rights of indigenous peoples throughout the globe. I am just heeding the government's call to act on the very legislation that it supported.
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