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.
Chiefs Bow Out Of Provincial Working Group
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iPolitics By Kevin Dougherty. Published on Dec 14, 2020 5:49pm Quebec Immigration Minister Nadine Girault attends a Montreal news conference on Dec. 14 unveiling a report on racism in the province. (Screen shot by Kevin Dougherty)
A task force of three ministers and four Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) backbenchers has producted a report meant to reduce racial profiling in the province, as well as discrimination in the hiring and housing of Quebecers of colour, Indigenous peoples, and other minority groups.
The province will work on 25 anti-racism goals, which the task force listed in a report released Monday.
The first target is racial profiling by police, who have been known to stop minority young people in parks, or to pull over cars driven by racial minorities without legal cause.
McGowan Government commits $7.3 million for a Land Activation Project
Builds on commitment to seal internal roads and upgrade essential services infrastructure
Bidyadanga remote Aboriginal community selected as the pilot site for the project
The project will address land tenure matters to enable communities to be investment-ready and provide home ownership and business development opportunities
Advances the McGowan Government’s commitment to divest the Aboriginal Lands Trust estate
The McGowan Government has today launched an innovative economic development pilot project to reform land tenure in remote communities to improve economic, health and social outcomes for Aboriginal people.
The Land Activation Project is a place-based pilot project incorporating land tenure reform to set the stage for improved economic development outcomes, community governance, upgrade of essential services and to provide additional housing.