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The @liberal_party has announced @WadeGrant as candidate for Vancouver Quadra. A member and former elected leader of the Musqueam Indian Band, Grant is working to be the next MP for the urban riding.
#indigcand2025 #cdnpoli #CanadaElection2025 #bcpoli
#musqueam #vancouverquadra
Dr. Bennett has been a true friend and ally to the Indigenous Peoples’ Commission of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Thank you @Carolyn_Bennett for all your support and years of service. We wish you a very happy and fulfilling retirement.
Thank you, @Carolyn_Bennett. Your hard work, your passion for serving others, and your commitment to making life better for people across the country have always been admirable. My friend, as you move onto your next chapter, I’m wishing you nothing but the very best.
ALT In a photo from June 2019, Carolyn Bennett is sitting beside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Both of them are looking forward and smiling.
The Indigenous Peoples’ Commission extends our congratulations to National Chief Woodhouse on her election.
Cindy Woodhouse has been elected as the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, following David Pratt’s concession after six ballots conducted on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Read the AFN press release: ow.ly/Nzxr50QgBX9. #AFNSCA2023
@JustinTrudeau delivers remarks at the opening ceremonies of the North American Indigenous Games.
#NAIG2023
Live from Halifax: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks at the opening ceremonies of the North American Indigenous Games. ow.ly/zmOQ50Pcqjh #NAIG2023
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Another significant step forward for reconciliation in Canada.
The Action Plan on #UNDRIP is going to change Canada for generations to come.
Learn more👉🏾
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The Action Plan on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will make real, meaningful collaboration with First Nations, Inuit and Métis a part of everything we do.
It is going to change our country for generations to come, for the better.
Another step forward.
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The Indigenous Peoples' Commission (@IPC_CPA) joins Inuit, Métis and First Nations in recognizing & celebrating the resilience, diversity, cultures & strength of Indigenous Peoples.
Together we can build a better 🇨🇦.
#NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay
#NIPD2023 #NIPD #NIPDCanada
We honor the memory & try to give a voice to those who no longer have one. #MMIWG
The goal of #RedDressDay day is to honour & bring awareness to the thousands of Indigenous women & girls, & two- spirit people who have gone missing or who have been murdered.
Indigenous Peoples’ Commission Breakfast
Register for the 2023 Indigenous Electoral Endowment Fund Breakfast, hosted by the Indigenous Peoples’ Commission on Friday, May 5th!
2023.liberal.ca/register-ipc…
The Shishalh Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the former St. Augustine's Residential School. bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-first-nati…
Sacred Indigenous site opens in Edmonton's river valley
In Cree, kihcihkaw askî means "this place here is sacred land." The $6.5-million project is a collaboration between Indigenous elders, communities, and the City of Edmonton. cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
"Indigenous peoples need to be partners in how we develop land, how we move forward in respectful, responsible ways," says PM @JustinTrudeau as he responds to a question on #FirstNations leaders' concerns over natural resource development in Prairie provinces. #Cdnpoli
Extension of Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia forestry partnership could be on the horizon.
cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…
Federal ministers in charge of Indigenous affairs say they want the PM to apologize to First Nations children & families for the discrimination they faced through a chronically underfunded foster care system, when $23.4B compensation agreement is approved.
cbc.ca/news/politics/first-n…
Budget 2023: Feds commit consultation money for Indigenous resource sharing.
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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today highlighted the recently announced federal investment of an additional $2 billion over 10 years to help ensure access to quality and culturally safe health care services, in line with the priorities of Indigenous partners.
International organization to provide Indigenous communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former residential school sites.
theglobeandmail.com/politics… #FNMI #Cdnpoli #indigpoli
Government House leader Mark Holland says gun amendments need more work!!
"What we acknowledged today is insufficient consultation, that more work had to be done to hear from #Indigenous communities and from Canadians across the board," #BillC21
Alberta #FirstNation signs child welfare agreement with feds, without the province.
"This is an important day for Louis Bull Tribe," Chief Desmond Bull said during the signing. "Our children are sacred. This law seeks to bring them home."
PM @JustinTrudeau: We must meet this moment on the path of reconciliation.
"We will continue to support Indigenous peoples through this, while we build better schools, advance self-determination preserve cultures & languages & make sure all communities have clean drinking water"
Officials announced Saturday that the federal government and 325 First Nations have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking reparations for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for $2.8 billion.
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…