Tearing down statues is not reconciliation: Brian Lee Crowley
Nothing will dispel the appetite for reconciliation faster than the belief that Canadians who are justly proud of their country must hide these...
First Nations businesses want access to capital, not handouts: Sharleen Gale in the Globe and Mail
Most Canadians have only a limited sense of how much First Nations business is changing across this country. With access to adequate investment capital,...
How Indigenous peoples can save the resource economy in Canada: Buffalo and Coates in the Hill Times
With full Indigenous partnership for the first time in Canadian history, the country can have a robust, successful natural resource economy, write Stephen...
Ep. 10 - Indigenous-Led Energy Generation with Ken Coates and Guy Lonechild
In this episode of Pod Bless Canada, Ken Coates is joined by Guy Lonechild, Indigenous leader and CEO of First Nations Power Authority...
What the Kinder Morgan decision says about investing in Canada: Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates in The Conversation
This is a staggering admission and one with potentially serious long-term financial consequences for the country, write Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates in...
Ontario, First Nations take giant step toward reconciliation with revenue-sharing deal: Coates and Crozier in The Globe
Resource revenue sharing supports Indigenous communities and backs their moves toward greater Indigenous self-determination, write Ken Coates and Stephen Crozier. By Ken Coates...
Now Ottawa can finally stop playing along with BC's Trans Mountain gong show: Dwight Newman in The Financial Post
A clarified legal landscape might avoid the need to buy a pipeline, writes Dwight Newman. By Dwight Newman, May 22, 2018 The end-of-May...
First Nations need economic empowerment, not even more bureaucratic babysitting: John Paul in the Chronicle Herald
Canada’s obligations to First Nations cannot be achieved by controlling them through annual budgetary allocations, writes John Paul. Create the preconditions for autonomy....
Canada has the power to get Trans Mountain done, Newman tells Senate Committee
On May 8, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Dwight Newman appeared before a Senate committee to discuss the constitutional issues around the proposed Trans...
The way forward on Trans Mountain: MLI Commentary by Dwight Newman
OTTAWA, ON (April 27, 2018): Canada has come to teeter on the brink of what some have called a “constitutional crisis” arising from...
