More safe housing needed to end violence against Indigenous women, say NDP MP, Indigenous advocates
‘Housing is the biggest thing,’ says NDP MP Lori Idlout, noting too many women are put at risk because there’s not enough of it.
Empowering Indigenous prosperity and reconciliation with economy
The federal government can empower Indigenous ingenuity by listening to Indigenous voices, providing access to affordable capital, and making necessary policy changes.
Systemic reconciliation requires understanding promises of the past and needs of the present
To move forward, we first need an understanding of the spirit and intent of our original relationships and our shared history.
The Liberal government has failed to live up to its promises to Indigenous people
Advocacy from Indigenous Peoples has been relentless, yet this government continues to make Indigenous issues an afterthought.
What does meaningful recognition look like?
It is important to imagine reconciliation as a verb, a process toward something as well as a pathway out of something—the colonial state and its violence.
The possible shape of economic reconciliation
In order for Nunavut to thrive, we need to break our reliance on the federal government by generating wealth.
Fifty years apart, Trudeau governments prefer tobacco harm reduction to protective laws
It took almost two decades before the tobacco control mistakes of the 1970s were remedied by the Mulroney government in 1988. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait that long for flavoured e-cigarettes to be removed from the market.
Innovation sector could fall behind without Liberal follow-through on open banking, say advocates
Canadians are still waiting for an open banking system, which the Liberal government pledged would happen in early 2023.
Innovation and business investment needed in Canada
With our resource-rich economy and access to education and health care we could be doing better. And we must, because the Americans have put nearly $400-billion on the table for clean growth—and they can continue to outspend us 10 to one.
Is the priority of financial inclusion in action evident across Canada? For women, the answer is no
It is estimated that 10 to 20 per cent of Canadians are underbanked, and many of these people are from low-income households.
