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Le CPA exige la démission du ministre des Relations avec les Autochtones de la Couronne, Marc Miller
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - 27 juin 2023) - Le Congrès des peuples autochtones a perdu confiance dans le ministre des Relations autochtones de la Couronne, Marc Miller, après des années d'ignorance et d'exclusion de centaines de milliers de Métis et d'Inuits du sud du Labrador vivant hors réserve et sans statut. Le Congrès estime que ces actes et politiques ne peuvent être corrigés qu'avec le renvoi de Marc Miller, dans l'espoir qu'il soit remplacé par une personne faisant preuve de...
2023-06-27 5:38 PM EDT
CAP Demands Resignation of Crown Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 27, 2023) - The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples has lost faith in Crown Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller after years of ignoring and excluding hundreds of thousands of off-Reserve, non-status, Metis and Southern Labrador Inuit Indigenous people. The Congress believes these acts and policies can only be remedied with the removal of Marc Miller, with hopes of a replacement with compassion and a clear understanding of the Indigenous reality in Canada."CAP has spent 52 years...
2023-06-27 5:37 PM EDT
Call for Minister of Justice to Not Exclude Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) from Equitable Access to Rights
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 21, 2023) - Today, CAP has issued a letter to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, expressing concerns over the exclusion of the inclusive Indigenous community in the tabling of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) Action Plan in Parliament on the eve of National Indigenous Peoples Day.The letter highlights that the UNDA Action Plan, released on June 20th, completely disregards the content provided by...
2023-06-21 5:16 PM EDT
True Reconciliation Lies in the Hands of Senators
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 23, 2023) - Last week, leaders from the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples urged Canadian Senators to exercise common sense and include CAP and the voices of urban Indigenous Peoples in the proposed Reconciliation Council. The oversight body is a "Call to Action" from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 2015 report."Senators now have the opportunity to make reconciliation inclusive for all Indigenous Peoples," says CAP National Chief Elmer St. Pierre. "Despite being one of five recognized...
2023-05-23 11:30 AM EDT
Government Must Not Use Reconciliation As A Tool For Assimilation
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 17, 2023) - The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is calling on Canadian Senators to ensure all Indigenous Peoples are included in the planned Reconciliation Council being created by Bill C-29. The oversight body is a "Call to Action" from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 2015 report. It is vital that urban Indigenous voices and CAP have a seat at the table, and therefore Senators must make an amendment allowing us to take part."Reconciliation must start...
2023-05-17 11:58 AM EDT
CAP Commemorates Red Dress Day and Call on the Federal Government to Implement a Red Dress Alert
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 5, 2023) - Today, on Red Dress Day, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) lifts up all Indigenous peoples and communities across Turtle Island as we remember and honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, and calls on the federal government to implement a red dress alert. Systemic discrimination, racism, and violence against Indigenous people has resulted in violence against and loss of our women, girls, and 2S+ people....
2023-05-05 4:15 PM EDT
National Chief for Off-Reserve Indigenous Peoples Condemns Liberal Reconciliation Bill as Colonial
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 9, 2022) - Today on Parliament Hill, the National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Elmer St. Pierre, strongly condemned the Liberal Government's action to force the off-reserve voice out of Bill C-29. The proposed legislation and National Council create new levels of colonial policy and discrimination that continues to marginalize indigenous people."The entire Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is shocked and frustration at the Liberal Government's gross actions to exclude the national voice...
2022-12-09 9:00 AM EST

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