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The following is excerpted from the CBC News article First Nations Get Broad Promises on Indian Act, Development by Laura Payton.
The chiefs and the federal government disagreed Tuesday over what should be done with the Indian Act, the law that governs their relationship.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the gathering that the act is too entrenched to get rid of entirely, and the government won't repeal or unilaterally rewrite the act.
"After 136 years, that tree has deep roots. Blowing up the stump would just leave a big hole," Harper said.
But there are real and practical ways to change the act, or introduce measures outside the act,he said at a one-day gathering of government and First Nations chiefs in Ottawa, with consultation between the government, the provinces and First Nations communities.
"The incentives buried in the Indian Act self-evidently lead to outcomes that we all deplore," he said.
Crown and chiefs looking to 'reset'
Harper adopted language the chiefs themselves have used, saying there's never been a better moment "to reset the relationship."
But they were politely split on what should happen to the Indian Act, which Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo called a "complete abrogation of the partnership between respectful nations."
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