The federal government is asking Parliament to set aside billions of dollars in anticipation of several out-of-court settlements with Indigenous people, as well as to help provinces and territories pay for disaster relief and recovery efforts.
The requests are detailed in a supplementary spending plan tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday, one of several such spending updates made by the government each year to respond to new challenges and priorities.
Yet it is also seeking $3 billion for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to “ensure that the department is in a position to quickly implement negotiated settlements, should agreements be reached,” according to the spending plan. The government says it has negotiated settlements on more than 460 specific claims over the past four-plus years but that hundreds of others remain unresolved. This includes 250 accepted for negotiations and 160 currently under review.
The government is asking for $1.5 billion to help British Columbia after a series of recent natural disasters, including floods and landslides in 2020 and 2021.
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