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Indigenous Issues

Reconciliation & justice platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Reconciliation & justice.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Reconciliation & justice.

NDP

  • Follow Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action 30, 31, and 32.
  • Enhance community safety and Indigenous policing, and take steps to end practices such as carding.
  • Ensure fair compensation for St. Anne's residential school, Métis, and day school survivors.

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New Democrats believe government must work to end systemic discrimination against Indigenous peoples in the justice system. In accordance with Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action 30, 31, and 32, we will increase the discretion of judges during sentencing, ensure bail programs are culturally appropriate, bolster funding for community justice programs that focus on healing and restorative justice rather than incarceration, and uphold the use of Gladue principles in court proceedings.

We will work with Indigenous communities to enhance community safety and provide the necessary resources for Indigenous policing, while taking steps to end discriminatory policing practices like carding.

A New Democrat government will support the Directive on Civil Litigation Involving Indigenous Peoples that puts an end to costly and adversarial legal battles with Indigenous communities. We will also keep residential school Survivors at the heart of decisions around justice for their experiences, ensuring fair compensation for St. Anne’s residential school Survivors, Métis Survivors, and those who survived abuse in day schools.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any Bloc policies on Reconciliation & justice.
We don't have any Green policies on Reconciliation & justice.
We don't have any PPC policies on Reconciliation & justice.

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