Indigenous Affairs papers

Time is running short for adapting to new natural resource transparency laws before payments to Aboriginal governments are subject to...

Blaine Favel and Ken Coates, in a newly-released Macdonald-Laurier Institute paper, examine next steps for Ottawa as it follows through...

Authors of a new paper recommend collaboration with Indigenous peoples to clarify the standards for Indigenous acceptance of resource projects...

MLI Senior Fellow lays out next steps for integrating Aboriginal Canadians into the natural resource sector workforce OTTAWA, Dec. 10,...

How the government can make environmental assessments work for businesses and Aboriginal groups OTTAWA, Oct. 29, 2015 – Canada’s environmental...

New report cautions that trend of major legal victories may not continue, urges more negotiation, less litigation OTTAWA, June 23,...

Former diplomat Robert Hage analyses risk and opportunity for the BC Coast with Northern Gateway and other energy projects, and...

MLI Senior Fellow Ken Coates finds that a growing number of resource revenue sharing agreements are helping Canada honour treaties,...

The Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions have changed the game when it comes to engaging Aboriginals in resource development, but...

Prof. Dwight Newman debunks myths about the "duty to consult" and finds opportunities for government, Aboriginal peoples and industry to work...