More than a dozen federal lawmakers from all parties are calling for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China, citing a "genocidal campaign" by the state against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities.
MONTREAL On October 21, 2020, the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights released the following statement: “The Subcommittee unequivocally condemns the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang by the Government of China. Based on the evidence put forward during the Subcommittee hearings, both in 2018 and 2020, the subcommittee is persuaded that the actions of the Chinese Communist Party constitute genocide as laid out in the Genocide Convention.” We realize that in these difficult times, when the entire planet is facing the worst public health and economic crisis in over a century, human rights are not front of mind.
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QUEBEC For the first time in Quebec history, a prominent Indigenous community leader has been named chairperson of a Quebec crown corporation.
The Quebec cabinet Wednesday named Konrad Sioui, former Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation, chair of Quebec’s automobile insurance board, the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
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One of the best known Indigenous leaders in Quebec and Canada and a veteran diplomat, Sioui served as head of the Huron-Wendat nation in the Quebec City region since 2008. In October he was defeated in an election by Rémy Vincent.
10 pivotal First Nations rights disputes to watch in 2021
First Nations are demanding recognition of rights in a chain of potential flashpoints across the country
December 15, 2020
No region is exempt from the challenge of fulfilling Indigenous rights through action a challenge that First Nations leaders say non-Indigenous governments have been slow or unwilling to face. Here’s a sampling of disputes that could come to a head in 2021.
1. Wet’suwet’en title
Amid construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. last February, the RCMP’s quashing of Wet’suwet’en anti-pipeline demonstrations sparked protests and rail blockades across the country. In March, the federal government, the province of B.C. and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs negotiated a memorandum of understanding that did not address the pipeline but sought to resolve a decades-long limbo over title, and clarify jurisdiction for future projects. Amid the pandemic, continued pipeline construct