Progress on Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations ‘glacial,’ says recent report
NDP MP Lori Idlout says she wants to see progress this year on completing the TRC’s Calls to Action related to missing children and burial sites, along with passage of Bill C-273 and amendments to Bill C-38.
Poilievre’s First Nations consultations demonstrate ‘maturity,’ reconciliation no longer partisan issue, say strategists
If genuine, the Conservative leader’s ‘change of tune’ on reconciliation could be a game-changer for the party’s troubled relationship with Indigenous Peoples, say strategists.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leaving the building
At least New Zealand had the guts to talk about real change.
Canada must close the digital gap with Indigenous Peoples
If this divide persists, another generation of Indigenous youth will be denied jobs and opportunities that require digital literacy.
My new year’s predictions for reconciliation
This year will also be about growing recognition that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples are doing some amazing things that benefit all Canadians. This is the year that Canadians start to lean on the leadership of Indigenous peoples.
First Nations call for reform of bill review process to comply with UNDRIP Act
Bill C-235, the Building a Green Prairie Economy Act, was rushed through the Senate committee’s review process and failed to properly consult treaty First Nations, according to Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
Serial murders of Indigenous women should prompt swift reaction to hate and genocide
We must recognize that violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada is systemic and very often perpetuated by systems intended to serve and protect them.
International oversight needed into ‘consistently inadequate’ police response to MMIWG, says MP Gazan
‘This needs to be a wake-up call,’ and addressing missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls must include recognition of the rise in white supremacy and gender-based violence, says NDP MP Niki Ashton.
Indigenous leadership is climate leadership
At COP15 and beyond, we must take the lessons we’ve learned from our history to push for the most ambitious global biodiversity agreement that will centre the critical role of Indigenous Peoples.
Can Indigenous peoples trust police forces?
Policing in Canada has a racism problem, and it’s the white elephant that will keep coming back again and again.
