One Year After UN Declaration Act Passed, FNLC Calls for Faster Progress and Emergency Interim Implementation Plan

June 16, 2022

(Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is concerned with a lack of progress since Canada passed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act one year ago today, which commits the federal government to the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration).

The FNLC welcomed this critical legislation which builds off the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s recognition that the UN Declaration is the framework for reconciliation, and demands Canada jointly develop an emergency interim implementation plan given the lack of action since the legislation was passed.