An Act respecting the Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation

Bill C-10 in 45-1 is a government bill respecting the Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation, establishing an Office of the Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation as an independent body to oversee federal implementation of the 25 modern treaties signed with Indigenous Nations since 1975. The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975, with Inuit and Cree of Northern Quebec) was the first modern treaty; subsequent treaties include the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (1993), the Nisga'a Final Agreement (2000), the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement (2009), and the Tla'amin Final Agreement (2016). The Auditor General's 2020 report found chronic federal failure to implement modern-treaty obligations; the bill creates federal-jurisdiction accountability through the Commissioner role.

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