The Right to Say Yes on Resource Projects: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
If reconciliation means anything, it must mean that Indigenous peoples have the power not just to say “no,” but to ...
Tag: Indigenous Policy
Trudeau, Canada, fail to understand depth of First Nations fresh water problems: Melissa Mbarki in the Toronto Star
For decades, Ottawa has oversimplified Indigenous issues, often reducing complex infrastructure, political and legal issues to simple statements, writes Melissa ...
By stifling pipelines, Trudeau is stifling opportunity for Indigenous people: Melissa Mbarki in the National Post
Increasing Indigenous participation in energy development would have been an easy way to improve the standard of living of many ...
Indigenous issues fade in the election, but can a consensus emerge? Ken Coates for Inside Policy
Given the national uproar over residential schools just a few weeks ago, it’s disappointing to many that Indigenous issues have ...
Enough with the empty apologies – Canada must move forward in partnership with Indigenous peoples: MLI Commentary by Ken Coates
OTTAWA, ON (August 24, 2021): Tragic headlines about residential schools have finally caused many Canadians to pay attention to the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Most Indigenous people support resource development: John Desjarlais Jr. and Heather Exner-Pirot in iPolitics
It's high time we pushed the discussion about Indigenous peoples and resource development past polarizing and simplistic slogans, write John ...
Indigenous people want meaningful participation in the oil and gas sector: Straight Talk with Sheldon Wuttunee
OTTAWA, ON (June 8, 2021): As part of our ongoing series titled, Indigenous Prosperity at a Crossroads, MLI has conducted ...
It’s not a stark choice between Indigenous rights and economic development. We can have both: Heather Exner-Pirot in the Financial Post
As many as 39 First Nations produced oil and gas on their own reserves in 2019, earning millions in royalties, ...
UNDRIP process is a standard many Indigenous peoples will find disappointing: Heather Exner-Pirot and Ken Coates in the Vancouver Sun
If the UNDRIP legislation is designed to signal transformative change in government policy with Indigenous peoples, the political stick-handling leaves ...
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