Liberals Table UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Promising To Put Colonialism ‘Behind Us’

OTTAWA — The Liberal government introduced long-awaited legislation Thursday to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which Justice Minister David Lametti described as a significant step forward on the path to reconciliation.“It has the potential to be transformational,” Lametti told a news conference after tabling Bill C-15 in the House of Commons.“We’re at a starting line putting 150 plus years, longer than that, of colonial