I worry about this’: Trudeau’s move to dissolve Indigenous affairs department prompts concern – CBC

‘We want to see less of the paternalism that already exists, not see it multiply,’ Indigenous scholar says

Aug 29, 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is proposing fundamental reforms to Indigenous affairs, upending a system of governance that has been in place for the better part of this country’s 150-year history.

The federal Liberal government will split Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) into two separate ministries, some 20 years after the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommended such a division.

Trudeau promised new legislation in the near term to formally begin the process of splitting a ministry that has more than 4,500 employees scattered across the country and a budget in excess of $9 billion.