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Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada through Comprehensive Legislation

April 2017 — Background: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) recommended in our January 2017 position paper that the federal government develop comprehensive national legislation as part of its approach to implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This paper builds on this recommendation by detailing the potential scope of national legislation for implementing the UN Declaration.