Supreme Court Is A ‘Colonial’ Institution, Attorney General Lametti Says
The Supreme Court of Canada is a “colonial institution” that should be revitalized to bring back certain practices from indigenous legal systems, says Attorney General David Lametti.
Speaking before the House of Commons justice committee on Aug. 24, Lametti said that indigenous peoples should see their cultures represented in institutions such as the Supreme Court.
“It is extremely important that Indigenous peoples be able to see themselves in what are, quite frankly, colonial institutions and see their participation as a way of making those institutions better and see this as a way of making Canadian law better,” Lametti said, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter….