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Press Releases and letters
March 15, 2010 Open Letter to respond to Bill C-3 : "An Act to promote gender equity in Indian registration" March 12, 2010 Letter to Stephen Harper : The UN Declaration can not be limited to State constitutions or laws. March 4, 2010 QNW Reaction to the Speech from the Throne : Speech from the Throne Disquieting due to its vagueness March 3, 2010 Inequitable child welfare funding leads to more First Nations children in child welfare care today than at the height of residential school (pdf) February 8, 2010 QNW is troubled with the decision taken by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) to evict non-Native residents from the community of Kahnawà:ke (pdf) November 9, 2009 Canada hinders negotiations in the UN Convention on Biodiversity in its continued Opposition to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) (pdf) October, 26 2009 QNW is concerned by the lack of consultation of Aboriginal peoples from the government on the McIvor case. (pdf) September 13, 2009 Second Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples To watch the Video on Youtube >>> June 9, 2009 Universal Periodical Review : Canada plays a farce of human rights (in French - pdf) June 4, 2009 Government of Canada to Amend Indian Act (pdf) May 21, 2009 QNW opposes Bill C-8 and supports the Liberal Hoist Motion (pdf) May 19, 2009 QNW continues to put pressure on the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights on Indigenous Peoples. (in French) April 20, 2009 Access to Safe Water is a Basic Human Rights for All : Quebec Native Women Demands a Legislative Framework for Drinking Water and Wastewater in Aboriginal Communities (Declaration - pdf) February, 9 2009 Canada’s Record on Indigenous Rights Questioned at UN Human Rights Council (pdf) February, 3 2009 Canada's Universal Periodic Review by the UN Human Rights Council (QNW'S joint submission - pdf) January, 28 2009 A disappointing budget (pdf) January 20, 2009 QNW deplores the condition of Aboriginal women in Canada in light of UN review of Human Rights (pdf) December 10, 2008 QNW and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Delcaration of Human Rights (pdf) November 20, 2008 Reaction to the Speech from the Throne (pdf) November 4, 2008 Reaction to resignation of Justice Harry Laforme from the Truth and Reconcilitation Commission (pdf) June 26, 2008 Reaction to the Royal Assent given to Bill C-21 on June 18, 2008 (pdf) June 13, 2008 QNW holds a conference for the National Aboriginal Day, "Perspectives, Realities and Strengths of Aboriginal Women" (pdf) June 11, 2008 Reaction to the Government of Canada's apologies for residential school system (pdf) June 6, 2008 QNW presents the movie Just-One-Eye, directed by Rachel-Alouki Labbé, at the First Peoples' Festival (pdf) May 27, 2008 Bouchard-Taylor Commission: open-letter to leaders of Quebec's political parties (pdf) January 21, 2008 Quebec Native Women meets with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its causes and consequences to present a report on the situation of violence against Aboriginal women in Quebec and in Canada. (pdf) October 23, 2007 Quebec Native Women welcomes the comments made by the United Nat ions Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing during his preliminary report on homelessness in Canada at a press conference in Ottawa on October 22. (pdf) September 18, 2007 Quebec Native Women's Association welcomes the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly (pdf) May 14, 2007 QNW denounce the chronic under funding of Aboriginal women's shelters (pdf) Nov.20, 2006 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (pdf) July 14, 2006 Comments on So-Called “Race-Based” Fisheries (pdf) June 21, 2006 Launch of the information kit on Aboriginal women (The Information kit is available on Rights and Democracy's Web Site) Top