Unlike the Idle No More Protests, these protests around Coastal GasLink threaten to broadly subsume Indigenous rights in a campaign against Canadian oil...
Relations between the Government of Canada and Indigenous peoples work best when good faith negotiations are used to resolve outstanding issues, writes Ken...
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...
OTTAWA, ON (October 24, 2019): In 1999, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case brought forward by Donald Marshall Jr., finding...
Settlements demonstrate that the Canadian legal and political process can work for Indigenous people, writes Ken Coates. By Ken Coates, September 6, 2019...
Moving towards re-empowerment is far from easy. But justice and fairness are rarely achieved without hard work and sustained effort, writes Ken Coates....
It’s time to lay to rest the pattern of paternalism and centralized control that has long characterized Indigenous policy in Canada, write John...
Oil and gas pipelines are critical to Canada’s economy. However, they are being bogged down by overly burdensome legislation, regulation, delays, and cancellations,...
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...
OTTAWA, ON (June 17, 2019): As the June 18 deadline for federal Cabinet to approve the Trans Mountain expansion project looms and an...
