Advocates denounce Chrétien-era bid to weaken UN Indigenous rights declaration
Indigenous rights advocates are far from shocked to see evidence Canada led efforts to weaken the original draft declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples at the United Nations: 'We all knew that Canada was in the back rooms.'
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Indigenous rights advocates are far from shocked to see evidence Canada led efforts to weaken the original draft declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples at the United Nations: 'We all knew that Canada was in the back rooms.'