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'''Bill C-92:''' An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families This is a Federal (Canadian) law<br>See: [[Children and Families (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Child Protection Law|Child Protection Law]]
'''Bill C-92:''' An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families<br>This is a Federal (Canadian) law
*See: [[Children and Families (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Child Protection Law|Child Protection Law]]


'''Bill S-3: ''' An amendment to the Indian Act re Status that allows many more people to be eligible for Status<br>See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)|Indian Act]]'''


''CCRA:''' Corrections and Conditional Release Act The Law that contains prison rules<br>See: [[Prisons (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Indigenous-Specific Options|Indigenous-Specific Options]]
'''Bill S-3: ''' An amendment to the Indian Act re Status that allows many more people to be eligible for Status
*See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)|Indian Act]]'''


'''CIRNAC:''' Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada<br>See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Estates|Estates]]


'''COS:''' Conservation Officers Service The People who enforce wildlife laws<br>See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#DFO and COS|DFO & COS]]
'''CCRA:''' Corrections and Conditional Release Act <br>The Law that contains prison rules
*See: [[Prisons (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Indigenous-Specific Options|Indigenous-Specific Options]]


'''CP:''' Certificate of Possession A legal description of a type of home/lot on Reserve<br>See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Wills|Wills]]


'''CPP:''' Canada Pension Plan<br>See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Canada Pension Plan|Canada Pension Plan]]
'''CIRNAC:''' Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
*See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Estates|Estates]]


'''CPP-D:''' Canada Pension Plan- Disability<br>See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Disability benefit|Disability benefit]]


'''CRA:''' Canada Revenue Agency The Agency that controls taxes and can help with Tax-exempt income classification<br>See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Resources|Resources]]
'''COS:''' Conservation Officers Service <br>The People who enforce wildlife laws
*See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#DFO and COS|DFO & COS]]


'''CSC:''' Corrections Services Canada The Agency that runs prisons<br>See: [[Prisons (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#CSC and your Rights|CSC and your Rights]]


'''CVITP:''' Community Volunteer Income Tax Program<br>See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Resources|Resources]]
'''CP:''' Certificate of Possession <br>A legal description of a type of home/lot on Reserve
*See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Wills|Wills]]


'''DFO:''' Department of Fisheries and Oceans The Agency that enforces fishing rules<br>See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#DFO and COS|DFO & COS]]


'''EI:''' Employment Insurance<br>See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Employment Insurance|Employment Insurance]]
'''CPP:''' Canada Pension Plan
*See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Canada Pension Plan|Canada Pension Plan]]


'''FHRMIRA:''' Family Homes On Reserve or Matrimonial Rights and Interest Act The Law that effects who can stay in the family home on Reserve after separation or death<br>See: [[Children and Families (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Family Homes on Reserve|Family Homes on Reserve]]


'''FOI(A):''' Freedom of Information (Act) The Law that can allow access to some government records<br>See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Freedom of Information|Freedom of Information]]
'''CPP-D:''' Canada Pension Plan - Disability
*See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Disability benefit|Disability benefit]]


'''GIS:''' Guaranteed Income Supplement<br>See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Guaranteed Income Supplement|Guaranteed Income Supplement]]


'''IGB:''' Indigenous Governing Bodies<br>See: [[Children and Families (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Child Protection Law|Child Protection Law]]
'''CRA:''' Canada Revenue Agency <br>The Agency that controls taxes and can help with Tax-exempt income classification
*See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Resources|Resources]]


'''ISC:''' Indigenous Services Canada (formerly INAC)<br>See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Status|Status]]


'''Jay Treaty:''' Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation Indigenous peoples' rights at the Border<br>See: [[The Border (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Jay Treaty|Jay Treaty]]
'''CSC:''' Corrections Services Canada <br>The Agency that runs prisons
*See: [[Prisons (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#CSC and your Rights|CSC and your Rights]]


'''OAS:''' Old Age Security/Old Age Pension<br>See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Old Age Security (pension)|Old Age Security (pension)]]


'''PAL:''' Possession and Acquisition License A Gun license<br>See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Harvesting Rights|Harvesting Rights]]
'''CVITP:''' Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
*See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Resources|Resources]]


'''PLEA''' or '''PLEI:''' Public Legal Education Activities or Information<br>See: [[Plain Language Legal Education (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)|Plain Language Legal Education]]'''


'''RCMP:''' Royal Canadian Mounted Police<br>See: [[Know Your Civil Rights (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#RCMP Complaints|RCMP Complaints]]
'''DFO:''' Department of Fisheries and Oceans <br>The Agency that enforces fishing rules
*See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#DFO and COS|DFO & COS]]


'''Section 35 rights:''' Canadian Constitutional protection for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights<br>See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Constitutional Rights|Constitutional Rights]]


'''SIU:''' Structured Intervention Units<br>See: [[Prisons (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Structured Intervention Units|Structured Intervention Units/]]
'''EI:''' Employment Insurance
*See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Employment Insurance|Employment Insurance]]


'''UNDRIP:''' Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People<br>See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Human Rights|Human Rights]]


''YCJA:''' Youth Criminal Justice Act The Law for youth charged with a crime<br>See: [[Know Your Civil Rights (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Youth Rights|Youth Rights]]
'''FHRMIRA:''' Family Homes On Reserve or Matrimonial Rights and Interest Act <br>The Law that effects who can stay in the family home on Reserve after separation or death
*See: [[Children and Families (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Family Homes on Reserve|Family Homes on Reserve]]


'''FOI(A):''' Freedom of Information (Act) <br>The Law that can allow access to some government records
*See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Freedom of Information|Freedom of Information]]
'''GIS:''' Guaranteed Income Supplement
*See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Guaranteed Income Supplement|Guaranteed Income Supplement]]
'''IGB:''' Indigenous Governing Bodies
*See: [[Children and Families (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Child Protection Law|Child Protection Law]]
'''ISC:''' Indigenous Services Canada (formerly INAC)
*See: [[Indian Act (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Status|Status]]
'''Jay Treaty:''' Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation <br>Indigenous peoples' rights at the Border
*See: [[The Border (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Jay Treaty|Jay Treaty]]
'''OAS:''' Old Age Security/Old Age Pension
*See: [[Income Security (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Old Age Security (pension)|Old Age Security (pension)]]
'''PAL:''' Possession and Acquisition License <br>A Gun license
*See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Harvesting Rights|Harvesting Rights]]
'''PLEA''' or '''PLEI:''' Public Legal Education Activities or Information
*See: [[Plain Language Legal Education (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)|Plain Language Legal Education]]'''
'''RCMP:''' Royal Canadian Mounted Police
*See: [[Know Your Civil Rights (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#RCMP Complaints|RCMP Complaints]]
'''Section 35 rights:''' Canadian Constitutional protection for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
*See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Constitutional Rights|Constitutional Rights]]
'''SIU:''' Structured Intervention Units
*See: [[Prisons (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Structured Intervention Units|Structured Intervention Units/]]
'''UNDRIP:''' Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
*See: [[Rights and Protections (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Human Rights|Human Rights]]
'''YCJA:''' Youth Criminal Justice Act <br>The Law for youth charged with a crime
*See: [[Know Your Civil Rights (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)#Youth Rights|Youth Rights]]


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Legal Information for Indigenous
People: National Edition
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Legal Information for Indigenous
People: National Edition.
Contents
Acknowledgements and Foreword
Introduction
Rights and Protections
Know Your Civil Rights
Indigenous Justice Resources
Children and Families
Prisons
The Border
Indian Act
Income Security
Class Actions
Legal Descriptions
Plain Language Legal Education
Acronymns & Initialisms
Afterword
From
This wikibook is from
Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program
v • d • e


Bill C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families
This is a Federal (Canadian) law


Bill S-3: An amendment to the Indian Act re Status that allows many more people to be eligible for Status


CCRA: Corrections and Conditional Release Act
The Law that contains prison rules


CIRNAC: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada


COS: Conservation Officers Service
The People who enforce wildlife laws


CP: Certificate of Possession
A legal description of a type of home/lot on Reserve


CPP: Canada Pension Plan


CPP-D: Canada Pension Plan - Disability


CRA: Canada Revenue Agency
The Agency that controls taxes and can help with Tax-exempt income classification


CSC: Corrections Services Canada
The Agency that runs prisons


CVITP: Community Volunteer Income Tax Program


DFO: Department of Fisheries and Oceans
The Agency that enforces fishing rules


EI: Employment Insurance


FHRMIRA: Family Homes On Reserve or Matrimonial Rights and Interest Act
The Law that effects who can stay in the family home on Reserve after separation or death


FOI(A): Freedom of Information (Act)
The Law that can allow access to some government records


GIS: Guaranteed Income Supplement


IGB: Indigenous Governing Bodies


ISC: Indigenous Services Canada (formerly INAC)


Jay Treaty: Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation
Indigenous peoples' rights at the Border


OAS: Old Age Security/Old Age Pension


PAL: Possession and Acquisition License
A Gun license


PLEA or PLEI: Public Legal Education Activities or Information


RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Section 35 rights: Canadian Constitutional protection for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights


SIU: Structured Intervention Units


UNDRIP: Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People


YCJA: Youth Criminal Justice Act
The Law for youth charged with a crime


© Copyright 2024, Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program (BCLAP).


v • d • e
Acknowledgements and Introduction
Rights and Protections
Know Your Civil Rights
Indigenous Justice Resources
Children and Families
Prisons
The Border
Indian Act
Income Security
Class Actions
Resources & Closing Remarks
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