Canada to create framework to guarantee indigenous rights


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Feb 2018

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will create a legal framework to guarantee the rights of indigenous people in a bid to head off court battles and advance Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise of reconciliation, a government source said on Wednesday.

Trudeau, who has pledged to repair the relationship between the government and Canada's aboriginal people, said it is time to take a "rights-based approach" to decision-making in partnership with indigenous peoples.

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