Continue to support Indigenous-led processes for rebuilding and reconstituting nations, advancing self- determination and work in partnership on implementation of treaties, land claim and self-government agreements with appropriate oversight mechanisms to hold the federal government accountable.

Continue to support First Nations-led processes to transition away from the Indian Act.

Accelerate resolution of outstanding land claims.

Continue to advance the priorities of Indigenous communities to reclaim full jurisdiction in the areas that matter to them such as child and family services, education, health care, policing, tax, and the administration of justice.

Further support and fund the revitalization of Indigenous laws, legal systems, and traditions.

Host a First Ministers Meeting on First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Nation priorities.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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• Increase Indigenous governance capacity by training young Indigenous leaders including through the Institute of Corporate Directors.

• Empower the First Nations Finance Authority to monetize government funding, leveraging the market to supercharge First Nations infrastructure.

• Remain open to exploring innovative new models to fund and deliver social services and critical infrastructure.

• Develop, in collaboration with Indigenous groups, a National Action Plan that addresses violence against Indigenous women and girls.

• Consult with First Nations on overhauling the current funding models, with the goal of making it easier for First Nations to escape Third-Party Management, reducing red tape, and providing a clearer path with better incentives for moving towards block funding.

— Canada's Recovery Plan, retrieved 2021-08-18

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We will also respect Inuit self-determination by co-developing the federal government’s Arctic Policy Framework through shared governance within the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee, including through the adoption of an Inuit Nunangat policy in full partnership with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. We will support the economic and social self-reliance of Inuit by addressing the massive infrastructure deficit in Northern communities, including housing, access to high-speed broadband, and airports, and ensuring that federal election ballots include Indigenous languages like Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun.

New Democrats recognize Métis self-determination and in government, we will respect the path forward established by the Métis National Council and its governing members. We will pursue government-to-government negotiations on issues including self-government, education, housing and health.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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1. Formally repudiate the doctrine of terra nullius, the doctrine of discovery, and other doctrines of superiority.

2. Guided by Indigenous leadership, establish a process to transition out from under the Indian Act.

● With Indigenous leaders at the helm, establish processes for self-governing Indigenous Peoples and nations to transition out from under the Indian Act, grounding this in the doctrine of free, prior, and informed consent.

3. Implement the recommendations of the 1996 Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

4. Affirm the inherent right of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation to determine child and family services.

● Support kinship ties and ensure sufficient funding and resources so that families are kept together.

5. Work with First Nations, the Métis Nation, and Inuit and their governing institutions on a nation-to-nation basis.

● Advance and implement agreements, and work in collaboration with nations to co-develop and co-design policy and programs that will benefit First Nations, Métis Nation, and Inuit.

6. Recognize the rights of non-status and Métis as “Indigenous.”

● Accept CAP-Daniels recognition of non-Status and Métis as “Indigenous”

● Accept UNDRIP recognition of the rights that Indigenous people possess, applying equally to all Indigenous people regardless of distinction, residence or status.

● Work towards the settlement of community land and resource rights for Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) communities

● Respect and act on 2018 CAP-Canada Political Accord

● Include off-reserve Status, non-Status, Métis and Southern Inuit in the implementation of calls to action in Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & 2SLGBTQQIA+.

— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

3. Build community capacity to support exercising self-determination.

● Support self-determination with effective, fully-funded organizations to represent and provide services to communities by expanding Basic Organizational Capacity (BOC) funding for Indigenous representative organizations.

● Representation of youth, Elders, 2SLGBTQQIA+, and distinct identities among off-reserve Indigenous people must be adequately funded to ensure those perspectives are included.

● Support research and identification of off-reserve Indigenous communities across Canada, with registration and membership systems.

○ Support the application of trusted research and data on urban Indigenous populations to acknowledge under-counting.

— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

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