The Trudeau government can no longer ‘freeze out’ pro-development First Nations: Heather Exner-Pirot in the National Post
Canada can be a very unfriendly place for Indigenous leaders looking to create jobs and own source revenues, writes Heather ...
Tag: indigenous affairs
What if Money is Not the Answer for Indigenous Communities? Ken Coates for Inside Policy
Indigenous peoples deserve a much better future, one defined by real authority over their affairs, partnership with the peoples and ...
Trudeau’s virtue signalling to First Nations is meaningless: Melissa Mbarki in the National Post
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada / Flickr Kneeling for us means nothing when many communities do not have ...
Webinar Panel Video: Building Beyond the Painful Legacy of Residential Schools
Canada is grappling with a growing understanding of the enormous suffering endured by Indigenous children at Canada's Residential Schools, ...
Jody Wilson-Raybould Not Going For Re-Election: Ken Coates for ‘On Point’
After six years in federal politics, independent MP and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould will not ...
This violence must stop. It’s only preventing reconciliation: Melissa Mbarki in the National Post
We are not in any way honouring residential school victims or survivors by burning down churches and toppling statues, writes ...
Finding a new path forward driven by Indigenous people: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
The discovery of the locations where hundreds of children were buried near former residential schools should be the launching point ...
Inside Policy: Moving from the pain of residential schools to self-determination for Indigenous peoples
OTTAWA, ON (June 30, 2021): The recent news and ensuing conversations about the remains of hundreds of children who died at ...
A Survivor of Residential Schools Says to Not Tear Down the Statues of Canadian Forefathers: Chris Sankey with On Point with Alex Pierson
MLI Senior Fellow Chris Sankey joined On Point with Alex Pierson to discuss his experiences of being an intergenerational survivor ...
Canada should use DNA testing to return children in residential school graves to family members: Hataley and Leuprecht in the Globe
Given the tenuous relationship between the federal government and Indigenous peoples, and the government’s half-hearted past efforts on missing Indigenous ...
Canada Day is a day for all Canadians – Indigenous and non-Indigenous — to celebrate. It should not be cancelled: Melissa Mbarki in the National Post
The City of Victoria would have received a different response if it had talked to the Kamloops Indigenous community before ...
A letter from an intergenerational survivor: Chris Sankey for Inside Policy
I do not know you, John A. Macdonald, writes Chris Sankey. I know the suffering caused by your policies, and ...
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It’s the judges, not the Charter, that have turned Canada into a lawfare nation: Peter Copeland, Stéphane Sérafin, Kerry Sun, and Yuan Yi Zhu in the National Post
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The umbrella term “critical minerals” is good for messaging but bad for policy: Heather Exner-Pirot
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Indigenous consent is an objective, not a standard, for resource development: Heather Exner-Pirot
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The growing government gap: Rising costs, shrinking returns, and the productivity crisis in the public sector
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Urban Violent Crime Report, Volume 2: Comparing crime across Canadian cities
