A Matter of Rights

Special Report of the Canadian Human Rights Commission
on the Repeal of Section 67
of the
Canadian Human Rights Act

October 2005

This report is also available in .pdf format.

© Minister of Public Works and Government Services 2005
Cat. No. HR21-58/2005
ISBN 0-662-69262-4

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Impact of Section 67
History of Section 67
Section 67 and Canada's Human Rights Obligations
Aboriginal Rights and Human Rights
Individual and Collective Rights
An Interpretative Provision
First Nations Human Rights Redress
A First Nation Human Rights Act
Human Rights and Self-Governing First Nations
Human Rights Compliance
Conclusion and Recommendations