Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a fundamental rethink of how the federal government recognizes Indigenous rights and title, vowing to work with Indigenous partners to develop a new legal framework to better foster a spirit of self governance. Trudeau outlines new framework on Indigenous rights2:57Trudeau said governments have ignored these rights entirely for too long, leaving it to the courts to define them. "Instead of outright recognizing and affirming Indigenous rights, as we promised we would, Indigenous Peoples were forced to prove, time and time again, through costly and drawn-out court challenges, that their rights existed, must be recognized and implemented," Trudeau said. 'We need to get to a place where Indigenous Peoples are in control of their own destiny.' To that end, the prime minister said his government will develop a new "recognition and implementation of Indigenous rights framework" through consultation with Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.

Source: CBC News February 14, 2018 13:34 UTC