Create Independent Body To Monitor First Nations Elections And Appeals Says Report By Senate ...

Create Independent Body To Monitor First Nations Elections And Appeals Says Report By Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee Immediate steps to create a First Nations Electoral and Appeals Commission should be undertaken by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development says a report by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. The report suggests that the existing two-year term of office imposed on First Nations by the Indian Act is too short to provide political and...

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