We can’t let outside powers dictate law in Canada
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples should be treated as nothing more than an aspirational document
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Tag: Aboriginal politics
Canada’s most vulnerable children deserve far better
First Nations children are denied the same funding for health care, social services and education as non-Indigenous kids (FREE)
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Indigenous affairs portfolio is democratically flawed
The department holds inordinate power over First Nations people, yet the citizens have no say in how it operates (FREE)
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One sentencing standard for all offenders
Terri-Lynne McClintic shouldn’t have been sent to a healing lodge. In fact, the very nature of such institutions defies fair practise (FREE)
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One set of laws for all the only way to end racism in Canada
In his new book There is No Difference, Peter Best details a way to resolve Canada’s legal and social relations with its Indigenous (FREE)
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We can’t ignore the roots of some rural crime
Trotting out historical excuses for criminal actions will only leave rural residents to continue to be terrorized by gangsters (FREE)
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The strangling nature of Canada’s ‘duty to consult’ the Indigenous
A recent Supreme Court decision seems to have loosened the constraints, but will new legislation push such matters to the UN? (FREE)
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Truth and Reconciliation proposals on child welfare destined to fail
Government is called upon for yet more legislation and more money when the real problem is poor parenting (FREE)
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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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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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