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Call for Public Inquiry into the “Kamloops Graves Hoax”
WINNIPEG,– The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is urgently calling for a public inquiry into what has become known as the “Kamloops Graves Hoax.” The May 27, 2021, claim by the Kamloops Indian Band regarding the discovery of “human remains” in the apple orchard area of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School caused national hysteria […]
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Canada Day a perfect time to celebrate Indigenous resilience: Ken Coates and Karen Restoule for Inside Policy – MLI
As we look for reasons to celebrate Canada this year, let’s start in the most unlikely or underappreciated places: with the amazing resilience of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples. At a time of intense disquiet in the country, with Canada Day reduced to little more than a national day off work with muted and […]
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Prospects for the Mile of Gold: An Economic Profile of Kirkland Lake
June 27, 2024 – Kirkland Lake has strong prospects for continued economic growth. In recent years, the town has paired its traditional strength in mining with growing employment in other industries, including utilities and arts, entertainment, and recreation. This is just one finding from Northern Policy Institute’s latest publication: an economic profile of Kirkland Lake. […]
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Reimagining the Canadian North: Ken Coates for Inside Policy – MLI
June 26, 2024 This article was adapted from a speech given by Ken Coates, Distinguished Fellow and Director of Indigenous Affairs at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. The event, Linkages Thompson, took place in Thompson, Manitoba, in February 2024. By Ken Coates, June 26, 2024 In the last two years, Canada has seen yet another of its […]
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PPF President and CEO Edward Greenspon to step down at end of 2024
June 26, 2024 Over nine years, Greenspon has led the Public Policy Forum to new levels of influence and impact, making it the think tank about tomorrow. Edward Greenspon, President and CEO of the Public Policy Forum, today announced plans to step down from his position at the end of the year. Greenspon told PPF’s […]
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Environmental impact reviews should take a more regional perspective – IRPP
June 25, 2024 This article was authored and co-signed by Martin Olszynski, Sara Cannon, Alex Davis, Zoie Diana, Yvonne Dzal, Jayme Lewthwaite, Mark Louie Lopez, Melanie Massey, Allyson Menzies, Sarah Otto, Wendy Palen, Mary Ann Perron, Morgan Piczak, Courtney Robichaud, Karen Vanderwolf. They are members of the Liber Ero fellows program. Buried deep in the […]
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Critical resilience – Russia, hybrid threats, and subsea fibre-optic cables in Canada’s Arctic
June 20, 2024 Neither governments nor the media have had very much to say to date about hybrid threats in the Canadian Arctic, especially about threats to critical infrastructure located there. There are several definitions of the term, but generally speaking, hybrid threats include a wide array of clandestine and deniable activities that are harmful […]
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What needs to be celebrated on National Indigenous Peoples Day? – FCPP
June 20, 2024 As well as celebrating this richness and diversity, there is good reason to celebrate this June 21. We now realize that no Indian Residential School children are missing, were never subjected to genocide, and are not buried in either individual or mass graves, as proclaimed in recent years. That Aboriginals leaders, activists, […]
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Pembina welcomes passing of Sustainable Jobs Act by Senate
June 19, 2024 VANCOUVER — Megan Gordon, senior analyst with the Equitable Transition program at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the passage of Bill C-50, the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act. “Canada has the workforce and innovation to thrive in the net-zero economy. The passing of Bill C-50, the Canadian Sustainable […]
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Canada must act to end the pretendian problem – IRPP
June 18, 2024 When the French and the British started staking their land claims on Turtle Island, they also began what became a centuries-long, surreptitious and destructive practice of interfering with Indigenous identity. It continues to this day. It began through brokerage between European invaders. After the decisive defeat of French colonial power, the British […]
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