What do these mean? Acronymns & Initialisms (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)

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

See: Child Protection Law

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

See: Indian Act

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

See: Indigenous-Specific Options

CIRNAC: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

See: Estates

COS: Conservation Officers Service The People who enforce wildlife laws

See: DFO & COS

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

See: Wills

CPP: Canada Pension Plan

See: Canada Pension Plan

CPP-D: Canada Pension Plan- Disability

See: Disability benefit

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

See: Resources

CSC: Corrections Services Canada The Agency that runs prisons

See: CSC and your Rights

CVITP: Community Volunteer Income Tax Program

See: Resources

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

See: DFO & COS

EI: Employment Insurance

See: 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

See: Family Homes on Reserve

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

See: Freedom of Information

GIS: Guaranteed Income Supplement

See: Guaranteed Income Supplement

IGB: Indigenous Governing Bodies

See: Child Protection Law

ISC: Indigenous Services Canada (formerly INAC)

See: Status

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

See: Jay Treaty

OAS: Old Age Security/Old Age Pension

See: Old Age Security (pension)

PAL: Possession and Acquisition License A Gun license

See: Harvesting Rights

PLEA or PLEI: Public Legal Education Activities or Information

See: Plain Language Legal Education

RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

See: RCMP Complaints

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

See: Constitutional Rights

SIU: Structured Intervention Units

See: Structured Intervention Units/

UNDRIP: Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

See: Human Rights

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

See: Youth Rights

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