INAN Committee Report
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In accordance with its Order of Reference of Monday, April 19, 2021, your committee has considered Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and agreed on Thursday, April 22, 2021, to report it with the following amendments: Preamble That Bill C-15, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 9 and 10 on page 2 with the following: “combat prejudice and eliminate all forms of violence, racism and discrimination, including systemic racism and discrimina-” That Bill C-15, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 18 on page 2 with the following: “gious, ethnic or cultural differences, including the doctrines of discovery and terra nullius, are racist, scien-” That Bill C-15, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 19 on page 3 with the following: "and value of the Constitution of Canada, and Canadian courts have stated that such rights are not frozen and are capable of evolution and growth;" Clause 4 That Bill C-15, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 1 on page 5 with the following: “4 The purposes of this Act are to” Clause 6 That Bill C-15, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing lines 18 and 19 on page 5 with the following: "nate all forms of violence, racism and discrimination, including systemic racism and discrimination, against Indige-" That Bill C-15, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing line 5 on page 6 with the following: "ed as soon as practicable, but no later than two years af-" |
Your committee has ordered a reprint of Bill C-15, as amended, as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at the report stage. |
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 28 and 29) is tabled. |