What’s New in Indigenous Watchdog: 321 New Posts Oct. 1 – Oct. 31, 2025

Not Started	Stalled	In Progress	Complete
16	22	42	14
17%	23%	45%	15%

Status	Legacy Calls to Action (1-42) + 50-52, 62-65	Reconciliation Calls to Action (43-94)
Not Started	2, 9, 10, 26, 34, 51, 52, 64	45, 46, 47, 55, 56, 89
Stalled	1, 6, 8, 14, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 29, 30, 35	58, 62, 71, 77, 78, 86, 87, 92, 93
Complete	13, 15, 41	49, 53, 59, 67, 68, 70, 80, 83, 84, 85, 94

Legacy Calls to Action include “Equity for Aboriginal People in the Legal System” (50-52) and “Education for Reconciliation (62-65) in order to keep all “Justice” and “Education” Calls to Action in one location

See also “Perspectives” post for a complete 8-page colour-coded Status Updates document summarizing all 94 Calls to Action

Highlights

1. Cowichan First Nations Aboriginal Title victory in BC has ignited “inflammatory” opposition to the perceived threat to fee simple property rights in BC and Canada. Accountability now lies with the BC government to negotiate – in good faith – to resolve the issue NOT property owners
2. Continued First Nations resistance to Canada’s Bill 5 “The One Canadian Economy Act” and Ontario’s Bill C-5 “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025” and their inherent threats to Free, Prior and Informed Consent and overriding Environmental Assessments
3. Auditor-General of Canada issued a scathing report that found Canada made unsatisfactory progress between 2015 and 2022 in removing barriers impacting First Nations ability to access:
   • Health and dental care
   • safe drinking water
   • emergency services

Indigenous Watchdog Updates

The following presents a year-to-date statistical snapshot of stakeholder actions across ALL themes that are either advancing reconciliation (Legacy and Reconciliation C2As and Government Commitments) or creating roadblocks (Current Problems)

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