is channelling Kreskin. It's in the eyes.Will be interesting to see how
First Nation members on the Ipperwash Implementation committee see
things.
Thursday » June 12 » 2008
Ontario has yet to implement any of Ipperwash inquiry recommendations
Federal government's co-operation needed, minister insists
Lee Greenberg
The Ottawa Citizen
Thursday, June 12, 2008
TORONTO - One year after a seminal report outlined steps to a better
relationship between First Nations and provincial authorities,
Ontario's government has yet to implement one of its top
recommendations.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Michael Bryant yesterday said he is waiting
for the federal government's co-operation to set up an independent
treaty commission.
"We can't do it without the federal government's agreement and
co-operation, as they have done with other provinces," he said
yesterday.
. . .
Mr. Bryant insists that federal authority is needed. He adds that
"there's not been a level of focus on this (federally)."
An Ipperwash implementation committee made up of provincial officials
and First Nations leadership was focused on other issues, particularly
the provincial mining act, when it met for the first time in April,
said Mr. Bryant.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, meanwhile, yesterday touted his
government's achievements following the Ipperwash Inquiry, which
resulted, most notably, in the creation of a standalone aboriginal
affairs ministry.
"If you were to contrast what we've done in the last eight months with
(what has been done in) the last 80 years, I think some might argue
that we're moving at a pretty fast clip," Mr. McGuinty told reporters.
