Trans Mountain mired in hopeless consultations and useless studies
The court decision against the pipeline veered away from objective legal analysis into opinions designed to justify preconceived biases
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Tag: Aboriginal politics
A bad rap: one singer’s misplaced perspective on treaty rights
The federal government now spends approximately $100,000 per year on each First Nations family (FREE)
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Jean Chretien tried to end Canada’s apartheid system
As a cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau, his bold plan would have improved the lives of Indigenous Canadians. It was doomed
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Canada’s persistent apartheid system
Canadians passionately denounced South Africa while not noticing that we had an apartheid system of our own. It’s still here (FREE)
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How to get First Nations onside with resource-related projects
The support of B.C. Indigenous communities for LNG projects provides a working model for agreements (FREE)
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Stop playing the racist card and deal with the real problems
To ignore a safety issue involving alcohol use among Indigenous communities for fear of being labelled a racist is just plain wrong (FREE)
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Focus on the merit of ideas, not identity politics
The Yellowhead Institute, a new think-tank focusing on Indigenous issues, needs to broaden its perspective (FREE)
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Trans Mountain pipeline hurdles never end
The long, convoluted path to rejection demonstrates an approval process that is fundamentally flawed on so many levels (FREE)
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Integrate Canada’s forgotten Indigenous into the urban mainstream
We need to follow the example set by New Zealand, which gave the Māori the economic, educational and social help they needed, while allowing them to preserve their culture (FREE)
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Are we on the home land of the Metis Nation?
When the Metis began coalescing as a distinct people, they simply took control of territory previously used by Indigenous tribes (FREE)
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Nation to nation at the Calgary Stampede
ROBINSON: So long, Indian Village. Welcome, Elbow River Camp. The Stampede spirit shines through to embrace reconciliation ($$)
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Indigenous child welfare system remains dysfunctional
Decades after the ’60s Scoop, we’re no closer to a successful model to help children from troubled homes (FREE)
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