Timeline Demo

CSC hosts a two-day Chiefs Gathering to discuss the pending Act on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Legislation [now Bill C-61] to discuss the impacts of this legislation, inviting ISC representatives to address critical questions and concerns

Assembly of Treaty Chiefs supports the work of the CSC via resolution

CSC meet with Minister Patty Hajdu (ISC) and Treaty Chiefs to voice concerns and issues with Bill C-61, and request a Treaty Bilateral Table on Water and Related Infrastructure 

Bill C-61 introduced in Canada’s House of Commons

CSC meet with Dr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation share their concerns with Bill C-61 and Canada’s failure to uphold Treaty and inherent rights to water

CSC meet with Minister Patty Hajdu who agrees to a Treaty Bilateral Table on Water and Related Infrastructure

Bill C-61 passes second reading in the House of Commons 

Chief Troy Knowlton, Piikani Nation, and Chief Sheldon Sunshine, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, give witness testimony at the INAN Committee on the issues with Bill C-61 

Chief Rupert Meneen, Tallcree Tribal Council, presents the work of the CSC on Bill C-61 at Treaty 1-11 Gathering at Cold Lake First Nations English Bay Treaty Grounds 

First meeting for the Treaty Bilateral Table on Water and Related Infrastructure with the CSC, Treaty Chiefs, Deputy Ministers Gina Wilson (ISC) and Valerie Gideon (CIRNAC), and Treaty technicians

Chief Rupert Meneen, Tallcree Tribal Council, and Chief Troy Knowlton, Piikani Nation give witness testimony at the INAN Committee meeting on the issues with Bill C-61

Assembly of Treaty Chiefs supports the work of the CSC via a second resolution

CSC meet with Minister Patty Hajdu (ISC) and reinforce that none of the concerns with Bill C-61 have been addressed and inquire about the delay from Canada agreeing to the Terms of Reference for the Treaty Bilateral Table on Water and Related Infrastructure 

CSC met with Ministers Patty Hajdu (ISC) and Garry Anandasangaree (CIRNAC), along with Deputy Ministers Gina Wilson (ISC) and Valerie Gideon (CIRNAC) in Ottawa to sign the Terms of Reference for the Treaty Bilateral Table on Water and Related Infrastructure

CSC meet with NDP MPs Blake Desjarlais and Lori Idlout, and CPC MPs Eric Melillo and Jamie Schmale to address their issues and concerns with Bill C-61

Bill C-61 is put forward for adoption by Liberal MPs in the House of Commons to be sent to the Senate but the Conservatives blocked all attempts

Resigning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asks the Governor General to prorogue parliament until March 24, 2025, which makes Bill C-61 “dying on the Order Paper” unless reintroduced in a future session