The CBA lamely notes a lack of 'consensus' among First Nations about specific remedies, but also notes the urgency for action: That report concluded that the simple application of provincial and territorial MRP law to reserves would be insufficient to deal with current deficiencies, and instead recommended a concurrent jurisdiction model like that proposed by Bill S-4.' 'The federal government, in collaboration with the Native Women’s Association Canada (NWAC) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), commissioned a series of consultations, resulting in a 2007 report by Wendy Grant-John. But as it turns out, the recommendations embodied in the bill were actually made by a committee that included the Assembly of First Nations. It was written two years ago when this bill was known as Bill S-4. She also repeats the claim that First Nations were never consulted about the bill.Īpparently Pam Palmateer never bothered to consult a primer written on the bill by the Canadian Bar Association.

I'll give you the Colesnotes version of it: she insists that Bill S-2 is bad. So you just know hilarity is about to abound.

This was something that was brought up, in all places, at Rabble.ca by, of all people, consummate aboriginal 1%er Pam Palmateer. It's essentially a bill that will establish the rights of aboriginal women in the case Just what is the Family Homes on Reserve and Matrimonial Rights act? I'm so glad that you asked. the Family Homes on Reserve and Matrimonial Rights act, which is part of Bill C-45. What rights were they standing up for? Well, when you examine their press release in further detail, you discover that the Chiefs are standing up for their rights to deny rights to their people. 'Good for them!' all the fanatics declared. Idle No More enthusiasts made a pretty big deal when the Chiefs of Ontario Political Confederacy announced that it would not recognize or enforce Bill C-45.

So at least as it pertained to these three individuals, apparently 'idle no more' means that they're really still idle and just pretending not to be. But the impetus to write this particular post came over approximately two days of battling it out with 'Idle No More' fanatics on Twitter.Īs it turns out, the three individuals I spent the last couple of days trouncing, all three were essentially lifelong professional students. I'm honestly trying like hell to not blog about Twitter on Bad Company anymore.

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