On December 3, 2020, the federal government tabled Bill
C-15. 1 Bill C-15 is the federal
government's response to calls 2 to
implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples ("UNDRIP" or the
"Declaration") as a framework for reconciliation in
Canada. The Bill will now proceed through the legislative process,
where it may be subject to changes as it is debated further.
Bill C-15 was developed after a previous Private Member's
Bill, tabled in 2016 by Romeo Saganash, Bill
C-262, 3 stalled in the Senate and failed to
advance when the last election was called.
Overview of Bill C-15
The core components of the Bill are:
A Commitment to Aligning Laws (s. 5)
