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Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government-commissioned report, He Puapua, suggested a separate Māori Parliament or upper house, separate court and justice systems and Māori ownership of foreshore and seabed, as well as recommendations on cultural rights and equity. In 2019 it was handed to Nanaia Mahuta, who was Māori Development minister at the time, but it was never signed off by Cabinet. The ACT Party has now revealed Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson received three papers last month about the report, including a draft Cabinet pa...

KENORA, Ont. — Thirty thousand households and businesses in Northwestern Ontario are receiving postcards from a group of organizations opposed to nuclear waste disposal in Northwestern Ontario. We the Nuclear Free North calls itself an alliance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous volunteers and organizations who believe the risks of transporting and burying nuclear waste are too high. It's delivering information cards outlining its concerns to residents living between Upsala and the Manitoba border. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has identified the Revell Lake area, about 35 kilom...

In Ontario, opponents of nuclear waste disposal join forces  Opponents of nuclear waste disposal join forces  https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/opponents-of-nuclear-waste-disposal-join-forces-3644864 ‘Ignace should not get to decide’ whether to accept a storage site, a spokesperson says. By: Gary Rinne   19 Apr 21, KENORA, Ont. — Thirty thousand households and businesses in Northwestern Ontario are receiving postcards from a group of organizations opposed to nuclear waste disposal in Northwestern Ontario. We the Nuclear Free North calls itself an alliance of Indigenous an...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. As environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become a growing focus for companies and their shareholders, financiers, employees and other stakeholders, they have also become increasingly important to the success of M&A transactions. ESG factors are now seen as important value drivers for dealmakers, as well as being essential to corporate values and reputational expectations. Effective diligence, evaluation and management of ESG considerations are critical steps for parties to...

On December 3, 2020, the federal government introduced Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. 1 If passed by Parliament, Bill C-15 will provide a roadmap for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("UNDRIP") in Canada. THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES UNDRIP is a statement of principles adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. 2 UNDRIP is considered "the most comprehensive international instrument on the rights of Indigenous peoples.and it elaborates...