Exploratory Process / Survey
OCAP Exploratory Process Dialogue Session
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012
PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE OCAP EXPLORATORY PROCESS ON
Indian Registration, Band Membership and Aboriginal Citizenship
On Saturday, January 14th from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, OCAP will be hosting an exploratory process dialogue on the important issues of Indian Registration, Band Membership and Aboriginal Citizenship. The dialogue session will be taking place at the Indian Friendship Centre, 122 East Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Everyone of Aboriginal ancestry is invited to attend. A hot buffet lunch will be provided.
If you are unable to attend our dialogue session in Sault Ste. Marie, you can still participate by filling out an exploratory process questionnaire which appears at the following link. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CAPquestionnaire
We encourage people of Aboriginal ancestry to complete the questionnaire. The results of the survey will appear in a report from the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples to John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. The deadline to submit responses has been extended to January 31, 2012.
When Bill C-3, Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act was tabled on March 11, 2010, the federal government announced its intention to launch an exploratory process on issues relating to Indian registration, Band membership and Aboriginal Citizenship. With the passage of Bill C-3, the exploratory process was officially launched. During 2011, activities under the exploratory process are now taking place across Canada and will end in December 2011. The exploratory process is intended to be inclusive by encouraging a wide participation of Aboriginal peoples.
The exploratory process is an Aboriginal-led initiative that is meant to examine and discuss the broader issues relating to Indian registration, Band membership and Aboriginal Citizenship that go beyond the scope of Bill C-3 amendments. This is not a consultative process. The federal government has not pre-determined or pre-defined the agenda or questions in terms of subject matters dealing with registration, membership and citizenship.
If you have any questions concerning the OCAP exploratory process contact:
Brad Maggrah, President
Tel: (807) 938-1321
email: roads@drytel.net
