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Invitation To a Virtual Book Launch
November 27, 2024 In recent years the level of trust and mutual understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians has arguably decreased, due in part to a 2021 report that 215 Indigenous children had been buried in a Kamloops, B.C. residential schoolyard. The impact of this highly publicized but questionable claim on the views of many […]
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Indigenous voices will not be silenced by oppressive and paternalistic oil and gas “greenwashing” rules: John Desjarlais for Inside Policy
November 26, 2024 A growing chorus of voices is finally drowning out the small minority that seeks to kill our oil and gas sector and stifle Canada’s resource industry. It hasn’t been an easy few months for those in the oil and gas industry. Most people working in the oil patch or at industry head […]
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Report calls for action on shortage of labour and birthing care in northern Ontario – CBC
Nov 26, 2024 Only nine hospitals in the north now offer labour and birthing care, down from 20 around 20 years ago Less than a month after Kapuskasing’s Sensenbrenner Hospital announced that its obstetrics program is at immediate risk of closing, a new report from the Northern Policy Institute is calling for action on the […]
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Canada apologizes to Indigenous group for ‘mass killing’ of sled dogs – Canadian Affairs
November 25, 2024 According to a 2010 report, more than 1,000 dogs belonging to Nunavik peoples were killed ‘without taking into consideration the serious and difficult consequences for dog-owners’ Ottawa officially apologized Saturday to an Indigenous community for the killing of several hundred sled dogs by police more than half a century ago. Minister of […]
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B.C. mayors greet changes to Municipal Affairs portfolio with caution and optimism – Vancouver Sun
Nov 21, 2024 Local government leaders are speaking out about their hopes for improved relations with the province on housing, infrastructure B.C. mayors will no longer have a single point of contact in the provincial government after the cabinet shuffle split the old Ministry of Municipal Affairs between the Office of the Premier and the […]
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Fraser Institute Study: Increased Indigenous Spending Not Translating to Improved Living Standards – NetNewsLedger
November 19, 2024 VANCOUVER – POLITICS – A new study by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian public policy think-tank, has sparked debate by suggesting that a dramatic increase in federal spending on Indigenous affairs has not resulted in a corresponding improvement in Indigenous living standards. The study, titled “An Avalanche of Money: The Federal Government’s […]
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Ottawa’s avalanche of spending hasn’t helped First Nations : op-ed – Fraser Institute
November 19, 2024 When Justin Trudeau came to power in 2015, he memorably said that the welfare of Indigenous Canadians was his highest priority. He certainly has delivered on his promise, at least in terms of shovelling out money. During his 10 years in office, budgeted Indigenous spending has approximately tripled, from about $11 billion […]
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Federal Indigenous spending almost tripled to projected $32 billion—but modest improvement in Indigenous living standards due to unrelated federal child benefit
Nov. 19, 2024 For immediate release VANCOUVER—While federal spending on Indigenous affairs has almost tripled since 2015, the uptick in Indigenous living standards is due primarily to the Canada Child Benefit, an unrelated federal program for families with children, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy […]
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Completing transactions, building relationships – Lessons from Indigenous equity deals in the oil and gas sector: Justin Bourque and Heather Exner-Pirot
November 14, 2024 The announcement of a billion-dollar-plus deal between Enbridge and 23 First Nations and Métis communities in September 2022 – with the Indigenous partners acquiring 11.57 per cent of the Athabasca pipeline system in Alberta – marked a milestone in the trend of Indigenous equity ownership in major energy assets. While several such […]
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With centuries of inequities to fix, Indigenous leaders take on monumental tasks with limited resources: Ken Coates in National Newswatch – MLI
November 14, 2024 No political leaders in Canada face the diversity and complexity of challenges as those tackled by First Nations, Inuit and Metis governments. Indigenous governments must manage that shockingly long list of responsibilities with so few resources. Most Indigenous communities are small — under 1,000 people — with at best a few dozen […]
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