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{
"time": "2012-03-28 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul's, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul's, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2777684\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on March 9, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination completed its most recent review of Canada's performance in combatting racism. Its central observation is a call to action. Canada needs a comprehensive strategy on indigenous issues. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2777685\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last month I wrote to CERD and urged members to consider the government's failure to meaningfully consult with aboriginal peoples as required under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the systemic underfunding of essential services like education and child welfare.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2777686\" data-originallang=\"en\">The UN committee has called on Canada to establish a comprehensive strategy, including a national plan of action on aboriginal gender-based violence and measures to prevent excessive use of incarceration of indigenous peoples. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2777687\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Conservatives must take substantial concrete steps beginning with tomorrow's budget to close the unacceptable gaps by including funding for education and water infrastructure.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2777684\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 9 mars dernier, le Comit\u00e9 des Nations Unies pour l'\u00e9limination de la discrimination raciale a achev\u00e9 son plus r\u00e9cent examen du rendement du Canada dans la lutte contre le racisme. Son constat: il faut passer \u00e0 l'action. Le Canada doit se doter d'une strat\u00e9gie d'ensemble sur les questions autochtones.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2777685\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le mois dernier, j'ai \u00e9crit aux membres du comit\u00e9 pour les exhorter \u00e0 se pencher sur le fait que le gouvernement n\u00e9glige de consulter v\u00e9ritablement les peuples autochtones, comme l'exige la D\u00e9claration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, et \u00e0 examiner le sous-financement syst\u00e9mique de services essentiels tels que l'\u00e9ducation et la protection de l'enfance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2777686\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le comit\u00e9 des Nations Unies demande au Canada d'\u00e9tablir une strat\u00e9gie d'ensemble comprenant notamment un plan d'action national sur la violence faite aux femmes autochtones et des mesures pour \u00e9viter le recours excessif \u00e0 l'emprisonnement des Autochtones.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2777687\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs doivent prendre des mesures concr\u00e8tes importantes pour combler les \u00e9carts inacceptables en commen\u00e7ant par pr\u00e9voir des fonds pour l'\u00e9ducation et les infrastructures d'alimentation en eau et de traitement des eaux us\u00e9es, et ce, d\u00e8s le budget de demain.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/3/28/carolyn-bennett-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/carolyn-bennett/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2631/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7191662",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Aboriginal Affairs",
"fr": "Les affaires autochtones"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/3/28/",
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}