Tuesday, April 15, 2008

If Only Ontario Would Follow UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Advice

Extract from Ed John's response to the Harcourt Doctrine.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?

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The unfair nature of government mandates was highlighted in May 2007 by
the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which
found in Canada that aboriginal claims to "land rights are being
settled primarily through litigation, at a disproportionate cost for
the aboriginal communities concerned due to the strongly adversarial
positions taken by the federal and provincial governments," (emphasis
added.) Furthermore, the committee recommended Canada "ensure that the
new approaches taken to settle aboriginal land claims do not unduly
restrict the progressive development of aboriginal rights. Wherever
possible, the committee urges the state party to engage, in good faith,
in negotiations based on recognition and reconciliation."