Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec:

Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec:

18 Nov 2021

As a result, notwithstanding certain efforts to make changes and despite a clear desire to promote equal opportunities, many current institutional practices, standards, laws and policies remain a source of discrimination and inequality, to the point where they significantly taint the quality of services offered to First Nations and Inuit. [...] For many of the Indigenous and non- Indigenous witnesses, there is no doubt about it: the justice system has failed in its dealings with Indigenous peoples. [...] [In my opinion, there is enormous value in the expression of Indigenous traditions in matters of justice.] Consequently, the most important calls for action proposed in this chapter are aimed at supporting the necessary self-determination of First Nations and Inuit peoples when it comes to justice. [...] • “Self-determination” calls for action, little progress: « The Committee notes… that there has been little progress on the calls that are most likely to lead to autonomy in the area of justice, namely calls 40 (documenting and revitalizing Indigenous law), 41 (creating specific justice administration systems) 42 and 43 (Indigenous community justice programs). [...] » Follow-up Committee, 2021 report, p 12 Data and documents available on the CERP website: documents • 1369 documents were filed as evidence and are available on the website (list available in the appendices of the report) • A table of content by topic is available on the w.

Authors

Denis Boileau

Pages
21
Published in
Canada