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Winnipeg — Manitoba indigenous people are suing the federal government for not complying with a land debt contract 25 years ago.
Manitoba's Treaty Land Rights Commission filed an invoice in federal court, claiming to be liable for losses resulting from Canada's failure to respect the treaty's land rights in a timely manner. Did.
A committee representing more than a dozen indigenous peoples, the state government and the federal government in 1997 to deal with unresolved land agreements since the King first signed several treaties. Signed an agreement with the government. The
agreement stated that about 405,000 hectares were to be reserved for indigenous members, but the Commission said it received about half of that.
According to a statement of allegations, the Commission wants compensation for economic, cultural and social losses from Canada that violate its obligations to indigenous peoples.
A statement of defense has not yet been submitted and the federal government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The allegations contained in the allegations have not been proved in court.
In this document, the Commission argues that Canada has failed to meet the principles of fiduciary security and reconciliation because it has been delayed in respecting the agreement "in a diligent, timely and deliberate manner." ing.
"Canada's continued breach of the Convention's promise to provide reserve land to indigenous peoples continues during this indigenous people's history month, so we He now claims economic and cultural and psychological losses dating back to the conclusion of a treaty with the King due to the failure and delay in providing Canada's reserves, the chairman said in a release.
This is the second time First Nation has taken Canada to federal court over an agreement.
The Commission has previously implemented the process of delays and unilateral changes by Canada. The 2018 arbitration award ruled that Canada violated the agreement by attempting to change the agreed process to secure land.
The court upheld the arbitration two years later.
This report by Canadian Press was first published on June 30, 2022.
