Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2017-04-06 10:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Yvonne Jones (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Yvonne Jones (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre des Affaires autochtones et du Nord, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4826575\">Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), the minister signed an order that removes the O\u2019Chiese First Nation from the Indian Bands Council Elections Order on November 16, 2016.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4826576\">With regard to (b), the O\u2019Chiese First Nation had met all the requirements under the conversion to community election system policy. The first nation developed a community election code that was approved by the community at a ratification vote, and the council had made a request for the change by formal resolution, all of which accords with the policy. The conversion to community election system policy sets the rules and the process surrounding a first nation\u2019s conversion from holding the election of its council under the Indian Act to holding these elections under community-based election rules. The policy has been in place since 1996. Since then, upwards of 100 first nations have developed and implemented a community election system through this policy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4826577\">With regard to (c), the totality of sections 74 through 80 inclusive of the Indian Act and the Indian Band Election Regulations were replaced by the O\u2019Chiese First Nation Election Act, the O\u2019Chiese First Nation Election Regulations, and the O\u2019Chiese First Nation appeals regulation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4826578\">With regard to (d), (e), (f), and (g), as the O\u2019Chiese First Nation now conducts its elections under its own community election rules, it is the first nation\u2019s role to ensure that its elections are conducted in a transparent and legal manner. However, application of the community election rules must still comply with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and individuals who believe those rights have been infringed can access the courts for redress. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4826575\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la partie a) de la question, la ministre a sign\u00e9 un arr\u00eat\u00e9 qui soustrait la Premi\u00e8re Nation O\u2019Chiese de l\u2019Arr\u00eat\u00e9 sur l\u2019\u00e9lection du conseil de bandes indiennes le 16 novembre 2016.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4826576\">Pour ce qui est de la partie b) de la question, la Premi\u00e8re Nation O\u2019Chiese a rempli les obligations \u00e9num\u00e9r\u00e9es dans la Politique sur la conversion \u00e0 un syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral communautaire. La Nation O\u2019Chiese a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 un code \u00e9lectoral communautaire qui a re\u00e7u l\u2019approbation de la communaut\u00e9 \u00e0 un vote de ratification, et le conseil de bande a fait la demande de changement par r\u00e9solution formelle, ce qui respecte la politique. La Politique sur la conversion \u00e0 un syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral communautaire \u00e9tablit les r\u00e8gles et le processus entourant la conversion par une Nation de la tenue des \u00e9lections de son conseil de bande en vertu de la Loi sur les Indiens vers la tenue de celles-ci en vertu de ses propres r\u00e8gles communautaires. La politique existe depuis 1996. Plus de 100 Premi\u00e8res Nations ont d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 et mis en \u0153uvre un syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral communautaire en vertu de cette politique depuis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4826577\">En ce qui concerne la partie c) de la question, la totalit\u00e9 des articles 74 \u00e0 80 inclusivement de la Loi sur les Indiens, ainsi que le R\u00e8glement sur les \u00e9lections au sein des bandes d\u2019Indiens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 remplac\u00e9s par l\u2019O\u2019Chiese Election Act, l\u2019O\u2019Chiese Election Regulation et l\u2019O\u2019Chiese Appeal Regulation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4826578\">Enfin, en ce qui a trait aux parties d), e), f) et g) de la question, compte tenu que la Nation O\u2019Chiese tient maintenant ses \u00e9lections en vertu de ses propres r\u00e8gles \u00e9lectorales, c\u2019est le r\u00f4le de la Premi\u00e8re Nation de veiller \u00e0 ce que ces \u00e9lections soient transparentes et l\u00e9gales. Cependant, l\u2019application des r\u00e8gles \u00e9lectorales communautaires doit toujours \u00eatre conforme \u00e0 la Charte canadienne des droits et libert\u00e9s, et les personnes qui croient que ces droits ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enfreints peuvent acc\u00e9der aux tribunaux pour obtenir un r\u00e9tablissement. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/4/6/yvonne-jones-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/yvonne-jones/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4156/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "p4826575",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Questions on the Order Paper",
        "fr": "Questions au Feuilleton"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Question No. 883",
        "fr": "Question no 883"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/4/6/",
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