Annual Report 2000-01
Annual Report 2000-01

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Published: 2001

Total Pages: 19

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This report is submitted in compliance with an obligation under terms of an agreement between the federal & British Columbia governments and the First Nations Summit with regard to the progress of Aboriginal treaty negotiations and an evaluation of that process. It discusses conflicting visions of treaties and the challenges & opportunities provided by treaty negotiations, and reports progress on each set of negotiations with individual First Nations or groups. The report also includes information about the treaty negotiation process, the role & composition of the Treaty Commission, public information initiatives, funding for negotiations, the treaty commissioners, and the history of treaty negotiations in British Columbia.

Annual Report 1999-2000
Annual Report 1999-2000

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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 36

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This report is submitted in compliance with an obligation under terms of an agreement between the federal & British Columbia governments and the First Nations Summit with regard to the progress of Aboriginal treaty negotiations and an evaluation of that process. It discusses conflicting visions of treaties and the challenges & opportunities provided by treaty negotiations, and reports progress on each set of negotiations with individual First Nations or groups. The report also includes information about the treaty negotiation process, the role & composition of the Treaty Commission, public information initiatives, funding for negotiations, the treaty commissioners, and the history of treaty negotiations in British Columbia.

The Rights Revolution
The Rights Revolution

Author: Michael Ignatieff

Publisher: House of Anansi

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0887848923

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With an updated preface by the author. Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities? Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights? Is rights language empowering individuals while weakening community? Michael Ignatieff confronts these controversial questions head-on in The Rights Revolution, defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers. For Ignatieff, believing in rights means believing in politics, believing in deliberation rather than confrontation, compromise rather than violence.