A joint statement from the CRP Leadership Circle
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians alike have watched the conflict over inherent and treaty fishing rights to lobster on the East Coast in disappointment and deep concern. It is hard to believe, more than five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was concluded and the federal government committed to meeting all 94 calls to action, that we see yet another conflict over Indigenous harvesting rights in their traditional territories. There are persistent misunderstandings about our collective responsibilities to uphold aboriginal rights enshrined in the Canadian constitution and in UNDRIP.
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