In the 2021 budget, Human Rights Watch recommends that Canada:
1. Allocate funding to enable the meaningful participation of, and partnership with, First Nations, including women, youth, and older people, in the implementation of Canada’s 2020 climate plan, Covid-19 recovery, and food policy discussions.
2. Ensure consistent, adequate, and long-term funding and support for Indigenous-led programs to monitor climate change impacts, including through investments in First Nations Guardians and support for a national network of First Nations climate coordinators at the community and regional levels to facilitate climate adaptation planning.
3. Ensure long-term, sufficient, predictable, and sustainable funding to respond to climate change impacts on First Nations’ infrastructure (including winter roads), food supply, and health, including by: