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"Aboriginal House of Parliament!"

A vision brought forth by Mr. Laliberte was the concept of a House of Parliament for the Aboriginal People. This to be housed in what is now the "Parliamentary Library!" If you were able to dig in the Royal Commission Aboriginal People (RCAP) report this was mentioned in a submission by the Congress of Aboriginal People.

Many different aspects were considered in exploring this, culturally and politically Aboriginal People have always gathered, with many of them holding huge gatherings collectively as "Nations"long before the non-Aboriginal were on the land. Representation would be held by the First Nation, Inuit and Metis as Nations.

Of course many people dismissed even the notion of this happening almost as soon as they heard it spoken. However there are clear examples of Indigenous or Aboriginal people having their own governments, such as in New Zealand, with the Maori, and in Norway with the Sami. This would definitely effect status quo mentality and would take a lot of work, including accountability to their respective constituents.

(TBC)