Posted AT 5:20 AM EDT on 22/11/06
Native group to give Ottawa failing grade for treaties
OTTAWA — Native leaders will mark the 10th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples today, with the release of a report card that shows Ottawa has failed to act on the vast majority of its recommendations.
The Assembly of First Nations gives Ottawa an F in all areas dealing with the respect of treaties, which the commission argues are key to giving natives enough power and land to lift most out of poverty.
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