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Article: RECONCILIATION: READ THE FINE PRINT.(the Draft Document for Aboriginal Reconciliation)
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- Quadrant
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- November 1, 1999
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THE DRAFT Document for Aboriginal Reconciliation, published in June by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, consists of a Declaration for Reconciliation and National Strategies to Advance Reconciliation, The strategies are for economic independence, to address disadvantage, to promote recognition of rights, and to sustain the reconciliation process. The response to the draft document for reconciliation thus entails an analysis of both the declaration and the strategies
The declaration is the spiritual centrepiece of a broad collection of proposals designed to satisfy Aboriginal interests. Its main impact will rest upon its final legal form as well as its ...