A Deal's a Deal - Kelowna Accord 1 (National Chief Fontaine)

AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine's opening statement to the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples hearings into Bill C-292, An Act to Implement the Kelowna Accord. Fontaine discusses the residential schools apology, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the jailing of First Nations leaders.

"We need the Government of Canada to simply respect the rule of law. Governments across Canada fail continuously in their duty to consult with First Nations on decisions that affect our rights."

"The actions that have resulted in the jailing of First Nations leaders are a direct result and response to the disrespect of the rule of law that governments demonstrate whenever they assign resource development rights on our lands and territories without first having met their duty to consult and accommodate First Nations rights and interests as required by the laws of Canada."
(Part 1 of 2)

See the entire C-292 session with Clément Chartier, President of the Métis National Council and Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations:
Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3594725264673116493&hl=en
Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8246203659857238374&q=&hl=en
Part 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1933398438865598240&q=&hl=en

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