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Would it be different if it was a Status Indian or member of K’ómoks who was convicted of an offense on K’ómoks lands?
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Would it be different if it was a Status Indian or member of K’ómoks who was convicted of an offense on K’ómoks lands?
- Enforcement of First Nations laws is a problem everywhere; everyone is experiencing the same difficulty (whether self-governing under Treaty or under Indian Act) – everyone is running up to the same hurdle.
- It takes enforcement institutions like the courts, prosecutors and the police.
- Enforcement costs money and we are unable to force the police to enforce our laws, unless we go to court, as we did in Thordarson.
- We need to have the right tools. Under the Indian Act, there are almost no tools, and Land Code tools are not perfect.
- We are working hard on this issue in the treaty process.
Melissa Quocksister2021-04-14T23:03:16+00:00