Bill on implementing UNDRIP overly simplistic: Newman and Coates in The Hill Times
The UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights does not take into account the complexities of constitutional, legal, and political relations between ...
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MLI welcomes Indigenous law expert Dwight Newman as Munk Senior Fellow
MLI is delighted to announce a new formal partnership with Dwight Newman, a regular contributor on Indigenous legal issues OTTAWA, ...
Clarifying the meaning of free, prior and informed consent for Canada: MLI paper by Dwight Newman
Implementing free, prior and informed consent in Canada will be much more complex than many advocates would have you believe ...
A Sly Turn By Ottawa Endangers Indigenous Relations: Dwight Newman In The Globe
The government has subtly reworded text on seeking free, prior and informed consent for development on Indigenous territories, writes Dwight Newman. ...
Supreme Court decisions affirm the role of the National Energy Board: Dwight Newman in the Post
A pair of recently-released Supreme Court decisions have confirmed the place for the National Energy Board – a highly skilled, ...
First Nations opposition to BC tanker ban opens new front in Aboriginal development challenge: Dwight Newman in the Globe
First Nations opposition to Ottawa's tanker ban on the Pacific coast is helping to reverse historical patterns in federal government-Indigenous ...
MLI’s Dwight Newman honoured with Royal Society of Canada appointment
Dwight Newman The Royal Society of Canada has appointed Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Dwight Newman to a prestigious club featuring some ...
Ensure Aboriginal communities don’t get burned by transparency laws: Dwight Newman and Kaitlyn S. Harvey in the Globe
Ottawa will need to modify its recently-adopted natural resource transparency legislation (the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, or ESTMA) so ...
Preventing new transparency laws from burning Indigenous peoples and resource developers: New MLI paper by Dwight Newman and Kaitlyn S. Harvey
Time is running short for adapting to new natural resource transparency laws before payments to Aboriginal governments are subject to ...
Decision on Energy East up to Ottawa, not Quebec mayors: Dwight Newman in the Telegraph-Herald
The case law is clear, says Dwight Newman in the Saint John Telegraph-Herald: The final decision on the controversial Energy ...
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Holding the government accountable for using the Emergencies Act: Ryan Alford for Inside Policy
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The frontline voices: Tigrayans speak on the realities of life under an insurgency regime
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How should NATO respond to Russia’s challenge to European security and stability? New MLI report
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Where have all the pragmatic environmentalists gone? Heather Exner-Pirot in the Toronto Star
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Canadian Surface Combatant program remains best option for Royal Canadian Navy: Richard Shimooka in the Hill Times
