Call #88 asks the federal government to fully engage Indigenous Peoples in developing the National Action Plan, strategies, and other concrete measures needed to achieve the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as called for in Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action 44. The Call is focused on engagement in the development of these measures. It does not require proof that every goal of the UN Declaration has already been achieved, or that every resulting measure has been fully implemented.
In Canadian practice, the most relevant terms are “consultation and cooperation,” “co-development,” the 2023–2028 Action Plan, Action Plan Measures, distinctions-based implementation, capacity support through the Indigenous Partnership Fund, and Indigenous-led advisory oversight. The strongest evidence comes from federal implementation records and statements from Indigenous-led national organizations. Justice Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada identify a released Action Plan, 181 Action Plan Measures, annual progress reporting, partner funding, and an Indigenous-led Action Plan Advisory Committee. National Indigenous organizations, including Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Métis National Council, and the Assembly of First Nations, confirm Indigenous participation while also calling for stronger, clearer, and more concrete implementation.
The status is Active because responsive Canadian activity is in place. A national action plan has been developed through identified Indigenous engagement processes, distinctions-based and Indigenous-led implementation mechanisms exist, and annual progress reporting is underway. Existing activity could satisfy the Call as written if it were scaled, better coordinated, and strengthened. The main limitations concern the quality, pace, and completeness of engagement and implementation; they do not show that responsive activity is absent or has lapsed.
