Opinion: Cree governance accord with Canada is reconciliation in action

On Tuesday, July 18, I signed the Agreement on Cree Nation Governance with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett. I said at the time that this agreement remains faithful to the Cree vision embodied in our treaty, the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, signed with Canada and Quebec in 1975.
What was this vision?
It has always been one of Cree self-government and self‑determination. The Cree have always seen our treaty as an emancipation from the Indian Act. But, mor