What Canada’s fall fiscal update means for Indigenous nations – National Observer
November 4th 2022
In her fall economic statement, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced key changes to the First Nations Land Management Act, payouts for settlement claims, more funding for the law that supports Indigenous sovereignty over child welfare and family services, and details on how Canada’s critical minerals strategy might affect remote Indigenous nations. Here are some of the key takeaways from Thursday’s fiscal update:
First Nations Land Management Act gets a new framework
The updated law will provide a framework to streamline all self-government agreements, effectively removing barriers for First Nations to opt out of the Indian Act. Previous First Nations’ land management agreements required royal assent. Now, First Nations can use the framework without having their land management agreements that would exist outside the Indian Act pass through the House and Senate.
