Understanding UNDRIP as a call-to-action, not a plan: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
Relations between the Government of Canada and Indigenous peoples work best when good faith negotiations are used to resolve outstanding issues, writes Ken...
How a 20-year-old fishery ruling has redefined First Nations relations in the Maritimes: John Paul and Ken Coates in the Globe and Mail
Few in 1999 anticipated the impact of the Marshall ruling. Today, relations with non-Indigenous communities are stronger and more mutually beneficial, write John Paul...
The Marshall Decision and The Impact of Two Decades of Commercial Re-Empowerment: New MLI Report
OTTAWA, ON (October 24, 2019): In 1999, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case brought forward by Donald Marshall Jr., finding...
Quiet Progress on Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
Settlements demonstrate that the Canadian legal and political process can work for Indigenous people, writes Ken Coates. By Ken Coates, September 6, 2019...
Removing sexism in Indian Act a work in progress: Ken Coates in the Toronto Star
Moving towards re-empowerment is far from easy. But justice and fairness are rarely achieved without hard work and sustained effort, writes Ken Coates....
Canada’s Approach to Indigenous Issues - Now for Something Truly Radical: John Paul and Ken Coates in the Epoch Times
It’s time to lay to rest the pattern of paternalism and centralized control that has long characterized Indigenous policy in Canada, write John...
The Pipeline Logjam and its Impact on Indigenous Peoples
Oil and gas pipelines are critical to Canada’s economy. However, they are being bogged down by overly burdensome legislation, regulation, delays, and cancellations,...
A New Agenda for Indigenous Economic Empowerment: MLI study by John Paul and Ken Coates
OTTAWA, ON (July 18, 2019): With a federal election approaching, politicians and policy-makers must re-evaluate Indigenous policy. Financial transfers and program spending are not...
How to break the pipeline logjam: MLI study by Joseph Quesnel and Ken Coates
OTTAWA, ON (June 17, 2019): As the June 18 deadline for federal Cabinet to approve the Trans Mountain expansion project looms and an...
MLI launches “A Mandate for Canada” project
OTTAWA, ON (June 14, 2019): How do we break the pipeline logjam? How do we move forward on reconciling with Indigenous peoples? Does...
