Less Than Half of Canadians Support Separate Indigenous Justice System

Less than half of Canadians were in favour of the implementation of a separate indigenous court system, a Department of Justice survey has found. Only 45 percent of Canadians agreed that Canada’s indigenous peoples should be able to administer their own legal systems of justice, a report on the 2023 National Justice Survey showed. As part of the proposed system, they would be able to enforce indigenous laws and bylaws on their own land. Seventy percent of First Nations respondents agreed that indigenous people should administer their own legal systems compared to 57 percent of Métis respondents and 53 percent of black respondents....