Posts Tagged "Bill C-262"
Support bills to end environmental racism and make corporations accountable
September 13, 2022
En français. The climate crisis and environmental degradation are taking their toll on communities worldwide. But some communities are impacted more than others. For decades, polluting industries and landfill sites have ended up in Indigenous, Black, Brown and other racialized…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Acting on an Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
June 26, 2019
KAIROS Canada is deeply disappointed that Bill C-262, while passed by elected officials in Parliament, will die on the Order Paper in the Senate. Since it is highly unlikely that the Senate will meet again before the writ for the…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Bill C-262 in limbo
June 21, 2019
Time may have run out on Bill C-262. Although originally scheduled to adjourn on June 28, the Senate is now expected to wrap up today, National Indigenous Peoples Day, leaving several bills, including Bill C-262, in limbo. In an Open…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Retarder les projets de loi C-262 et C-337 mine le processus démocratique au Canada, et met en danger la réconciliation ainsi que la protection des droits humains
June 19, 2019
Une motion unanime des 338 députés de la Chambre des communes déclare que les deux projets de loi actuellement devant le Sénat, les projets de loi C-262 et C-337, sont « des mesures législatives majeures » qu’il est urgent «…
Post filed in: En français, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS urges Parliament to pass key human rights bills before time runs out
June 19, 2019
(Ottawa, ON) – KAIROS Canada joins Indigenous nations, organizations, and other human rights defenders in an urgent call to Parliamentarians to pass two critical bills that have been stalled in the Senate. In an Open Letter released on June 17,…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Stalling on Bills C-262 and C-337 undermines Canada’s democratic process, jeopardizes reconciliation and fails to protect human rights
June 17, 2019
17 June 2019 Open Letter to Parliamentarians A unanimous motion of the 338-member House of Commons said that two bills currently before the Senate, Bills C-262 and C-337, are “critical pieces of legislation” and urged that they be “passed into…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Advocates continue to push for Indigenous rights bill as deadline looms
June 17, 2019
A bill which would harmonize Canadian law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) would need to restart its life in the House of Commons—after the federal election—if not passed by the senate before June…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
