A freebie: Prentice wants to resolve the claims backlog

Jimmy P wants to resolve the claims backlog... so he says in the Grope and Flail:

Admitting that the slow pace of resolving land claims like the Caledonia dispute
is unacceptable, Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice intends to bring a new
plan to cabinet that would employ more lawyers and negotiators to attack the
backlog.

Because that what the process needs... more lawyers and negotiators... but I will come back to that.

Since the early 1970's claims have been negotiated between the federal government and First Nations. An independant body is available to help resolve those claims called the Indian Claims Commission (ICC).

Jimmy P knows this because... he sat on the ICC for a decade... apparently not settling very many claims, but I digress....

Back in 2003, the Liberal government passed C-6, which created the Specific Claims Tribunal which was supposed to speed up the process... It was supported by and supposed to replace the ICC.... but the act is still waiting to be brought into force.

But now Jimmy P wants to deal with this horrible, unacceptable backlog with more lawyers and negotiators because ICC just isn't working and the claims process isn't working.

So here's the freebie: Bring C-6 into force.

No work needs to be done, it was supported by both Liberals and Tories... just bring it into force.

Go ahead, Jimmy do something different: pay out the claims, not the lawyers.