FEBRUARY 27, 2023 – Fresh off of a successful second meeting of more than 40 Micmac Rights Association members from nine different Micmac communities (including Eel River Bar, Elsipogtog, Eskasoni, Indian Brook, Listuguj, Membertou, Millbrook, Pictou Landing, and Whycocomagh) the Micmac Rights Association is stepping up its support for Micmac people facing criminalization for exercising their…
Category: Cannabis
Developing a Section 35 Aboriginal and Treaty Right to Cannabis Framework for Millbrook First Nation
View PDF Version here. Prepared by Chief Del Riley and Tom Keefer on behalf of the Micmac Rights Association, February 24th, 2023. Introduction The following draft text has been developed using the framework of affirming a Section 35 Aboriginal and Treaty Right to cannabis. Sections 25 and 35 of the Canadian Constitution were means of…