The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) wishes to extend our congratulations to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and the Liberal Party of Canada for their re-election, and to all parties for a hard-fought campaign. We further wish to extend a special congratulations to the record-setting number of Indigenous candidates who ran in election 2019. … Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples condemns the decision by the Trudeau Liberal government to appeal the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling awarding compensation to First Nations youth, who were taken from their families and put into care unnecessarily, from 2006 to present. The Tribunal ordered payments of $40,000 per victim, the maximum penalty available against the government, due … Read more
The Brazilian Amazon is also home to hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people, and hundreds of nations whose traditional territories and way of life are now threatened by the fires. Canada has offered $15 million in aid to help fight the fires in the Amazon, but getting technical resources to where they are needed is only part of … Read more
The Government of Canada has removed a discriminatory rule known as the 1951 cut-off from the Indian Act, potentially clearing the way for hundreds of thousands of First Nations people to register for Indian Status. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples has long advocated for the removal of the rule, which discriminates against the descendants of Indian … Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is pleased to participate in a meeting with Canada’s Premiers at Big River First Nation in Saskatchewan. This meeting of the Council of the Federation is an opportunity for National Indigenous Organizations to raise issues pertaining to Indigenous people. It is well known that the well-being of Indigenous peoples is a complex … Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples led a Day of Action to demand an end to the exclusion and discrimination faced by our peoples – the off-reserve, non-status, Métis and Southern Inuit. This government promised reconciliation and the full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but it has failed to deliver. “Today … Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is pleased that the cruel and inhumane approach to solitary confinement will cease with the passing of Bill C-83 – an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.“Although the passing of Bill C-83 is an important step, there is a tremendous amount of work that must to be started immediately on … Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is outraged with Canada’s report on the Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nations Citizenship which fails to make any solid recommendations to better the lives of non-status people. The report concerns Bill S-3, Canada’s legislative response to the Descheneaux decision, which includes a Senate amendment that would have … Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples acknowledges the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls as a guiding document for concrete actions to be taken to protect Indigenous women and girls. “We know too well that the government continues the pattern of colonial violence today and that the existing Indian … Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is proud to stand alongside Amnesty International Canada and a number of other organizations who signed a letter delivered to Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) calling on the government to implement the outstanding provisions of Bill S-3 before June 21st. “There are certainly a lot of complex issues around Indian … Read more
