2019 Survey – Toward Reconciliation: Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives
Confederation of Tomorrow 2019 Survey
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Author/Creator
Environics Institute
Description
National public opinion survey conducted online (in the provinces) and by telephone (in the Territories) with a representative sample of 5,732 Canadians (ages 18 and over), including 645 persons who identified themselves as Indigenous, between December 14, 2018 and January 16, 2019.
National public opinion survey conducted online (in the provinces) and by telephone (in the Territories) with a representative sample of 5,732 Canadians (ages 18 and over), including 645 persons who identified themselves as Indigenous, between December 14, 2018 and January 16, 2019.
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Executive Summary.
Focuses on integrated resource management throughout comprehensive claim territories in the Arctic and Subarctic, with special attention on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
Concludes that four problems must be addressed: level of commitment to self-government by other governments, clear policy and process to achieve recognition for the purpose of negotiations, issues related to funding and other resources, and the need for mechanisms for longer term relations.
Explains that the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec wished to stay in Canada in the event that Quebec seperated from Canada and questions how the Quebecers could deny the First Nations the very thing that they insist is theirs, self-determination.
Honoring Our Ancestors by Trailblazing a Path to the Future: Interim Report of the Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations: For Engagement Purposes
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Author/Creator
Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations
Description
Makes 24 recommendations based set of principles which includes respect for treaties, autonomy, sustainability, sufficiency, predictability, accountability, objectivity and efficiency.
Looks at development of two complementary governance structures: self-rule and shared rule. The Inuit approach has involved negotiating land claims agreements and in some cases, establishing amalgamated regional governments to administer programs; the Sámi approach has involved establishment of Sámediggi national parliament.