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The Canadian Native soldier accused of beating and torturing a Somali man to death and then attempting suicide in his jail cell is innocent, his family said.

Cpl. Clayton Matchee was a professional soldier, his parents said. If their son had been involved in the beating death, he would have been responsible enough to face the charges.

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The Canadian Native soldier accused of beating and torturing a Somali man to death and then attempting suicide in his jail cell is innocent, his family said.

Cpl. Clayton Matchee was a professional soldier, his parents said. If their son had been involved in the beating death, he would have been responsible enough to face the charges.

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The Canadian Native soldier accused of beating and torturing a Somali man to death and then attempting suicide in his jail cell is innocent, his family said.

Cpl. Clayton Matchee was a professional soldier, his parents said. If their son had been involved in the beating death, he would have been responsible enough to face the charges.

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The Canadian Native soldier accused of beating and torturing a Somali man to death and then attempting suicide in his jail cell is innocent, his family said.

Cpl. Clayton Matchee was a professional soldier, his parents said. If their son had been involved in the beating death, he would have been responsible enough to face the charges.

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A Native Parliament may be the next step in securing self-government for Canada's First Nations, the Minister of Indian Affairs said.

Although the political body would not be a Parliament in the constitutional sense, it would consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people, said Tom Siddon.

"If a representative structure in the form of a political body were to be created and were to come forward and ask for a certain level of responsibility, I think there is a way to accommodate that," he said.

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A Native Parliament may be the next step in securing self-government for Canada's First Nations, the Minister of Indian Affairs said.

Although the political body would not be a Parliament in the constitutional sense, it would consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people, said Tom Siddon.

"If a representative structure in the form of a political body were to be created and were to come forward and ask for a certain level of responsibility, I think there is a way to accommodate that," he said.

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A Native Parliament may be the next step in securing self-government for Canada's First Nations, the Minister of Indian Affairs said.

Although the political body would not be a Parliament in the constitutional sense, it would consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people, said Tom Siddon.

"If a representative structure in the form of a political body were to be created and were to come forward and ask for a certain level of responsibility, I think there is a way to accommodate that," he said.

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A Native Parliament may be the next step in securing self-government for Canada's First Nations, the Minister of Indian Affairs said.

Although the political body would not be a Parliament in the constitutional sense, it would consist of Native officials administering programs for Native people, said Tom Siddon.

"If a representative structure in the form of a political body were to be created and were to come forward and ask for a certain level of responsibility, I think there is a way to accommodate that," he said.

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Federal Tory candidates are not addressing Native issues in their pursuit of their party's leadership, the head of the Assembly of First Nations said.

In a press conference in Ottawa May 18, Ovide Mercredi said none of the Progressive Conservative party leadership candidates are advocating Natives interests as part of the next government.

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Federal Tory candidates are not addressing Native issues in their pursuit of their party's leadership, the head of the Assembly of First Nations said.

In a press conference in Ottawa May 18, Ovide Mercredi said none of the Progressive Conservative party leadership candidates are advocating Natives interests as part of the next government.