Support from opposition MPs will ensure Canada’s urban Indigenous population has a seat at the proposed Reconciliation Council.
Bill C-29, introduced by the Liberals last year, looks to create an independent oversight body to monitor and report on the progress of reconciliation.
Under the legislation, a council made up of 9 to 13 directors would be established to guide reconciliation efforts moving forward.
But, as initially proposed, that council would not have included the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, who represent urban populations.
Despite opposition from the Liberals, an amendment supported by the Conservatives, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois, will see them added to the legislation.
Bill C-29 is currently in its committee consideration phase in the House, afterwhich it will move to the Senate for approval, if passed.
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