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The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of Commons on March 19, but attracted little attention.

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The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of Commons on March 19, but attracted little attention.

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The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of Commons on March 19, but attracted little attention.

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The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of Commons on March 19, but attracted little attention.

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A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

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A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

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A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

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A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

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Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy is out of date and ignores the last 15 years of the law's evolution, so say members of the Indigenous Bar Association (IBA), who stated it as a fact in a public forum on Oct. 19 during the IBA's annual meeting.

Dave Nahwegahbow, succeeded this year as IBA president by Metis lawyer Mark Stevenson, then went further and said he believes the government is intentionally ignoring the law to further its political agenda and continue the exclusion of Native people from the mainstream.

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Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy is out of date and ignores the last 15 years of the law's evolution, so say members of the Indigenous Bar Association (IBA), who stated it as a fact in a public forum on Oct. 19 during the IBA's annual meeting.

Dave Nahwegahbow, succeeded this year as IBA president by Metis lawyer Mark Stevenson, then went further and said he believes the government is intentionally ignoring the law to further its political agenda and continue the exclusion of Native people from the mainstream.