inherent right to self-government

Inherent Right of Self-Government Policy

l. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the adoption of national legislation continues to be performed exclusively by legitimate legislative bodies of the EU, promoting the highest standards of protection for citizens, including in the areas of health, safety, the environment, consumer and workers’ rights, and public services of general interest; considers it vital to preserve the sovereign right of the Member States to claim a derogation for public and collective services, such as water, health, education, social security, cultural affairs, media matters, product quality and the right of self-government of municipal ...[+++]and local authorities, from the scope of TTIP negotiations; urges the Commission to ensure that any procedures in the context of regulatory cooperation fully respect the legislative competences of the European Parliament and the Council, in strict accordance with the EU Treaties and do not delay directly or indirectly the European legislative process;

The federal policy on the inherent right of self-government adopted in 1995 recognized that the rights provided for under section 35 included the right to self-government.

I suggest you speak to him and ask him what the Supreme Court meant when their report came out in the early 1990s when Canada spent over $60 million on the subject we're talking about today. Also, per Justice Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada and Justice Dussault of the Quebec Court of Appeal, who was the co-chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples with George Erasmus, on the treaty right to self-government, after noting “the essential link between the right and power of a people to govern themselves and the act of treaty making”, they wrote that the “implicit treaty right of governance has not been recognized” and that the time was right for Canadians and their governments to recognize the ...[+++]inherent right of aboriginal peoples to self-government and to make room in the Canadian federation for its exercise.

13. Welcomes the Government’s intention to initiate and complete a major administrative and territorial reform before the 2015 local elections in the country; highlights, however, the importance of ensuring appropriate consultation with all local stakeholders and guaranteeing compliance of the reform with the provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, including those for the protection of the rights of communities and those guaranteeing the political, administrative and financial independence of local governments;