Report on aboriginal peoples and criminal justice : equality, respect and the search for justice as requested by the Mininster of Justice under Subsection 12(2) of the 'Law Reform Commission Act'

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Reports and Working Papers
of the Law Reform Commission of Canada
Reports to Parliament
1. Evidence* (December 19, 1975) 3. The Principles ofSentencing andDispositions*
2. Guidelines Dispositions and Sentences in the (1974)
Criminal Process* (February 6, 1976) 4. Discovery* (1974)
3. Our CriminalLaw (March 25, 1976) 5. Restitution and Compensation* (1974)
4. Expropriation* (April 8, 1976) 6. Fines* (1974)
5. MentalDisorder in the Criminal Process* (April 13, 7. Diversion* (1975)
1976) 8. Family Property* (1975)
6. Family Law* (May 4, 1976) 9. Expropriation* (1975)
7. Sunday Observance* (May 19, 1976) 10. Limits ofCriminalLaw: Obscenity: A Test Case*
8. The Exigibility to Attachment ofRemuneration Pay- (1975)
able by the Crown in Right ofCanada* (December 11. Imprisonment and Release* (1975)
19, 1977) 12. Maintenance on Divorce* (1975)
9. Criminal Procedure Part I: Miscellaneous 13. Divorce* (1975)
Amendments* (February 23, 1978) 14. The Criminal Process and Mental Disorder* (1975)
10. Sexual Offences* (November 29, 1978) 15. Criminal Procedure: Control ofthe Process* (1975)
11. The Cheque: Some Modernization* (March 8, 1979) 16. Criminal Responsibilityfor Group Action* (1976)
12. Theft andFraud* (March 16, 1979) 17. Commissions ofInquiry: A NewAct* (1977)
13. Advisory andInvestigatory Commissions* (April 18, 18. Federal Court: Judicial Review* (1977)
1980) ' 19. Theft andFraud: Offences* (1977)
14. Judicial Review and the Federal Court* (April 25, 20. Contempt ofCourt: Offences against the
1980) Administration ofJustice* (1977)
15. Criteriafor the Determination ofDeath* (April 8, 21. Payment by Credit Transfer* (1978)
1981) 22. Sexual Offences* (1978)
16. TheJury* (July 28, 1982) 23. Criteriafor the Determination ofDeath.* (1979)
17. Contempt ofCourt* (August 18, 1982) 24. Sterilization: Implicationsfor Mentally Retardedand
18. Obtaining—Reasons before ApplyingforJudicial Mentally III Persons* (1979)
Scrutiny Immigration Appeal Board* (December 25. Independent Administrative Agencies* (1980)
16, 1982) 26. Medical Treatment and Criminal Law* (1980)
19. Writs ofAssistance and Telewarrants* (July 22, 27. TheJury in Criminal Trials* (1980)
1983) 28. Euthanasia, Aiding Suicide and Cessation of
20. Euthanasia, Aiding Suicide and Cessation of Treatment (1982)
Treatment (October 11, 1983) 29. The General Part: Liability andDefences (1982)
21. Investigative Tests: Alcohol, Drugs andDriving 30. Police Powers: Search and Seizure in Criminal Law
Offences* (November 10, 1983) Enforcement* (1983)
22. Disclosure by the Prosecution* (June 15, 1984) 31. Damage to Property: Vandalism (1984)
23. Questioning Suspects (November 19, 1984) 32. Questioning Suspects* (1984)
24. Search and Seizure (March 22, 1985) 33. Homicide* (1984)
25. Obtaining Forensic Evidence (June 12, 1985) 34. Investigative Tests* (1984)
26. IndependentAdministrative Agencies* (October 23, 35. Defamatory Libel (1984)
1985) 36. Damage to Property: Arson (1984)
27. Disposition ofSeized Property (April 24, 1986) 37. ExtraterritorialJurisdiction (1984)
28. Some Aspects ofMedical Treatment and Criminal 38. Assault* (1984)
Law* (June 12, 1986) 39. Post-seizure Procedures (1985)
29. Arrest (November 6, 1986) 40. The Legal Status ofthe FederalAdministration*
30. Recodifying Criminal Law, Vol. I(December 3, (1985)
1986) ' 41. Arrest* (1985)
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31. Recodifying Criminal Law A Revisedand 42. Bigamy (1985)
EnlargedEdition ofReport30 (May 19, 1988) 43. BehaviourAlteration and the Criminal Law (1985)
32. Our Criminal Procedure (June 21, 1988) 44. Crimes against the Environment (1985)
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33. Recodifying Criminal Procedure, Volume One, 45. Secondary Liability Participation in Crime and
Title /(February 27, 1991) Inchoate Offences (1985)
46 Omissions, Negligence andEndangering (1985)
Working Papers
47 Electronic Sur\>eillance (1986)
1. The Family Court* (1974) 48. Criminal Intrusion (1986)
2. The Meaning ofGuilt: StrictLiability* (1974) 49. Crimes against the State (1986)
* Out ofprint. Available in many libraries.
50. Hate Propaganda* (1986)
51. Policy Implementation, Compliance and
Administrative Law* (1986)
52. Private Prosecutions* (1986)
53. Workplace Pollution (1986)
54. Classification ofOffences (1986)
55. The Charge Document in Criminal Cases (1987)
56. Public and Media Access to the Criminal Process
(1987)
57. Compelling Appearance, Interim Release and
Pre-trial Detention (1988)
58. Crimes against the Foetus (1989)
59. Towarda Unified Criminal Court (1989)
60. Plea Discussions andAgreements (1989)
61. Biomedical Experimentation Involving Human
Subjects (1989)
62. Controlling Criminal Prosecutions: The Attorney
General and the Crown Prosecutor (1990)
63. Double Jeopardy, Pleas and Verdicts (1991)
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logueofpublications,pleasewriteto: LawReformCommissionofCanada, 130AlbertStreet,Ottawa,Ontario,K1A0L6,
or Suite 310, Place du Canada, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2N2.
*Out ofprint. Available in many libraries.
REPORT
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ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

REPORT
ON
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Equality, Respect and the Search for Justice
As Requested by the Minister of Justice
under Subsection 12(2) of the
Law Reform Commission Act
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Law Reform Commission of Canada
Aboriginal peoples and criminal justice equality, respect and the search for justice
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(Report 34)
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Text in English and French with French text on inverted pages.
Title on added t.p.: Les peuples autochtones etlajustice pénale : Égalité, respectetjustice
à l'horizon.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-662-58641-7
DSS cat. no. J31-58/1991
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1. Indians ofNorth—America Canada Criminaljustic—e system. 2. Criminaljustice,
Administration of Canada. 3. Criminal procedure Canada. I. Title. II. Title:
Rapport, les peuples autochtones et lajustice pénale. III. Series: Law Reform Commission
of Canada. Report 34.
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®Law Reform Commission ofCanada 1991
Catalogue No. J31-58/1991
ISBN 0-662-58641-7
December, 1991
The Honourable A. Kim Campbell, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Justice
and Attorney General of Canada,
Ottawa, Canada
Dear Ms. Campbell:
Pursuant to your request under subsection 12(2) ofthe LawReform Commission Act and
in accordance with section 16 of that Act, we have the honour to submit herewith this
Report on Aboriginal peoples and criminal justice undertaken by the Law Reform
Commission of Canada.
Yours respectfully,
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Gilles Létourneau
President
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Ellen Picard
Vice-President
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John Frecker
Commissioner
Jacques Fremont
Commissioner
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