Recommendation 1

That the Government of Canada issue progress reports by January 2027 with respect to the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and National Inquiry for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice. The progress report must include detailed outcomes of the Government of Canada’s initiatives to increase equality for Indigenous Peoples with respect to health, income, education, employment, drinking water, housing, language, culture and criminalization. In keeping with Canada’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the progress reports must also include details about Indigenous children’s involvement with child welfare systems and include steps taken towards the full exercise of Indigenous jurisdiction over their children.

Recommendation 2

That Indigenous Services Canada issue publicly available progress reports by January 2027 related to:

• the development of Indigenous health legislation, including a list of parties involved in its development and their objectives;
• the transfer of federal health service delivery to Indigenous governments and organizations, including progress on funding to support the meaningful exercise of Indigenous jurisdiction over health service delivery;
• the implementation of Joyce’s Principle related to the elimination of systemic discrimination and racism in health and social services; and,
• on initiatives on anti-disability discrimination.

Recommendation 3

That the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Indigenous Services Canada issue a progress report by January 2027 on the number of shelters and transitional homes which received funding under the Indigenous Shelter and Transitional Housing Initiative; the status of construction and operation, including any facilities built or investments made in the Arctic; the annual operating costs allocated to these facilities; the numbers of families expected to be served or are served by such facilities; and the impact of prevention of violence against Indigenous women and children; and

That Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation provide the Committee with detailed information by January 2027 about how many houses will be built and in what regions, as well as any impacts on the prevention of violence against Indigenous women and children under the Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy.

Recommendation 4

That Health Canada and Indigenous Services Canada provide a progress report by January 2027 on funding for Indigenous youth mental health programs; and

That Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada provide information by January 2027 on Indigenous youth programs, including how many Indigenous youth have been reached; the number of youth organizations or initiatives that have been established; funding amounts for these initiatives; related outcomes; and whether the program will receive continued funding.

Recommendation 5

That Indigenous Services Canada provide information by January 2027 pertaining to the number of schools on First Nations reserves that offer courses in Indigenous languages and the associated funding for Indigenous languages in education; and

That Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Heritage Canada provide the Committee by January 2027 with information pertaining to the inclusion of Indigenous languages under the Collaborative Self-Government Fiscal Policy along with details of any funding methodology for Indigenous languages either contemplated or being implemented with self-governing Indigenous governments.

Recommendation 6

That Justice Canada and Public Safey Canada provide a progress report by January 2027 on reporting mechanisms and that they report annually on the implementation of priorities raised in its Indigenous Justice Strategy, as well as the implementation of the related Calls for Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The progress report should specifically address any initiatives related to Canada’s commitment to eliminate the over-representation of Indigenous Peoples in prisons by 2025 and to return Indigenous Peoples from prisons to their communities with adequate resources for their support and integration, including via sections 81 and 84 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.

Recommendation 7

That Indigenous Services Canada provide the Committee with a progress report by January 2027 on its progress to advance self-determination and the exercise of First Nations jurisdictions in areas such as membership, citizenship, status, lands management, fiscal management, taxation, matrimonial real property and other contemplated initiatives under negotiation or consideration for First Nations to operate outside of the constraints of the Indian Act.

Recommendation 8

That Justice Canada, in coordination with the Privy Council Office and Treasury Board Secretariat, provide the Committee with a report by January 2027 detailing how it is monitoring the implementation of the Interim guide for officials on how to assess consistency with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples across federal departments; the process developed to assess the effectiveness of the Interim guide; any related mandatory assessment tools developed; and how these processes have informed federal decisions; and

That Justice Canada provide the Committee with a progress report by January 2027 on the UN Action Plan Advisory Committee’s work.

Recommendation 9

That the Government of Canada develop a mandatory training plan on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, Aboriginal and treaty rights, treaty implementation and Indigenous history and experiences to measure progress on training a greater number of civil servants and to ensure training meets the differing departmental responsibilities.

That the federal UN Declaration Act Secretariat at Justice Canada involve the Treasury Board of Canada: to measure progress on public service education; to monitor the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act; and to support future planning and policy development.