Indigenous Rights

If ever there was a time when Canada could make meaningful strides towards equality for Indigenous peoples, it is now.

~ Chief Commissioner Landry

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It Comes Down to This:

The situation facing Indigenous peoples in Canada today requires urgent action today so that every person in Canada can live with health, safety, security, well-being, access human rights justice, and so that every person can have the opportunity to make the life they want for themselves and their families.

of children in foster care are Indigenous

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1 in 4 federal inmates are Indigenous

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of housing units on First Nations reserves are in need of major repairs

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of Inuit persons living Inuit Nunangat report food insecurity

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4.5x

4.5 times higher: the murder rate of Indigenous women compared to other women in Canada.

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First Nations communities have had a boil water advisory in place for more than a year.