New Brunswick First Nations have announced they’re pulling out of the Higgs Government’s proposed “all nations working group”.
The province had announced the working group earlier this month to address recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Wul-ah’-stook-kway) First Nations announced they were withdrawing, calling it a political smokescreen created by the government. The withdrawl comes after the new Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Arlene Dunn, enraged first nations leaders last week when she amended an opposition liberal motion in the house removing language in the bill calling for public inquiry into systemic racism.
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People who become publicly drunk and disorderly in Victoria will no longer be ‘thrown in the slammer’ under new laws that were introduced to parliament last week that will instead see them receive the “health response and help they need”.
The Summary Offences Amendment (Decriminalisation of Public Drunkenness) Bill 2020 was brought to State Parliament on Tuesday 8 December and will decriminalise public drunkenness in Victoria, hoping to “save lives” and “better protect vulnerable people” in the community.
Former Attorney-General Jill Hennessy – who resigned on Wednesday 16 December – said that the current legislation surrounding public drunkenness was outdated and had had a negative impact on many people across the state.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2020 12:52 PM AT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
Chief Ross Perley of Neqotkuk or Tobique First Nation (left), Regional Vice-Chief Roger Augustine and Chief Rebecca Knockwood of Fort Folly First Nation will no longer be part of the All-Parties Working Group on Truth and Reconciliation. (CBC)
Three Mi kmaw and Wolastoqiyik chiefs have pulled out of a provincial working group set up to address Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, saying the government is using the group to avoid having a public inquiry into systemic racism.
A news release says Chief Ross Perley of Neqotkuk, or Tobique First Nation, Chief Rebecca Knockwood of Fort Folly First Nation and Regional Vice-Chief Roger Augustine will no longer be part of the All Nations and Parties Working Group on Truth and Reconciliation.