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An NDP opposition critic was in Cranbrook to garner support for legislation that would streamline a United Nations declaration on First Nations rights into Canadian law. Romeo Saganash, an MP in Northern Quebec and the opposition critic for Intergovernmental Aboriginal Affairs, gave a presentation to Ktunaxa Nation members out at the Aqam administration office on Tuesday. Saganash, who introduced a
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private member’s bill in April in the House of Commons — Bill 262, the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Act — said his bill would enshrine the rights and freedoms identified in UNDRIP into Canadian law. A member of the Cree First Nation, Saganash was involved with the indigenous groups and representatives that negotiated UNDRIP before it’s adoption in September 2007. “It was a 23-year effort and
the General Assembly called on the member states to fully adopt and implement the declaration over the years,” Saganash said. “Canada eventually endorsed the declaration, and now the next step is to make it into a law, and that’s what my bill is supposed to do.” The bill is also being touted as a vehicle of reconciliation between the First Nations and the government of Canada.
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Sunny skies shone down upon the Platzl on Sept. 3, as Kimberley made good use of September’s first Saturday.
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Federal funding directed to the RDEK will go towards the installation of public washrooms and piers at Idlewild Park. As part of $500,000 in federal gas tax funding through the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM), the money was previously announced for the project in July by Area C director Rob Gay. “We talked with the city and felt that this really was an opportunity to modernize the park,” Gay said. “It was
developed many years ago in the ‘70s and it looks it’s age; we haven’t kept up with things. “For example, we don’t have wheelchair-accessible washrooms and we need to have these things.” The funding came available after some prodding by Cranbrook mayor Lee Pratt, who hoped the RDEK would kick in some money towards the project after the city dropped the two-tier recreation fee system.
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