Sentences with phrase «aboriginal issues committee»

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She worked as Minister across nine Canadian government departments, and her service included the role of Vice Chair of the Treasury Board and chair of the cabinet committee for public safety, justice and aboriginal issues.

David McRobert, a member of the Ontario Bar Association's aboriginal law section, says he hopes the committee will look at aboriginal justice issues in the context of broader problems facing First Nations communities.

The Committee notes that, as the State party acknowledged, the situation of the aboriginal peoples remains «the most pressing human rights issue facing Canadians».

2 RELEVANT HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES 2.1 Relevance of human rights to State government 2.2 Equality and non-discrimination 2.3 Development and self - determination 2.4 Maintenance of Indigenous culture 3 ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE REVIEW 3.1 Scope for Committee's addressing Indigenous issues 3.2 Extent of Indigenous involvement 3.3 Use of case examples 3.4 Committee's disposition to Indigenous rights 4 ANALYSIS OF NATIVE TITLE SYSTEM and ABORIGINAL HERITAGE 4.1 Native Title Act and procedures 4.2 Croker Island case 4.3 Interaction between native title and other development approvals 4.4 Resourcing and negotiating outcomes 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Report inaccuracies or misdescriptions 5.2 The way forward