The continuing Indigenous winning streak: Ken Coates in the Hill Times
Indigenous peoples are holding Canada to account according to Canadian standards, legislation, and principles, writes Ken Coates. By Ken Coates, November 1, 2021...
Government Failure on Grassy Narrows is Abetted by Opposition Failure: Darshan Maharaja for Inside Policy
For over three years, the Ford government has neglected to begin implementing the mercury removal plan at Grassy Narrows, writes Darshan Maharaja. It...
MLI experts available to comment on Cabinet shuffle
OTTAWA, ON (October 26, 2021): With the Prime Minister unveiling a new Cabinet today, MLI experts are available to comment to media on...
Green policies have denied opportunities to First Nations, without any benefit to the planet: Chris Sankey in the National Post
Sacrificing Indigenous communities’ prosperity so that global emissions can be counted in Russian, Saudi or Chinese columns instead of Canada’s, even though it...
Webinar Panel Video: Digging Deeper - How Canada can seize global leadership on critical minerals
Twenty-first century competitiveness requires sustained and reliable access to specialized minerals, yet another example of how Canada's natural resource sector is essential...
Indigenous peoples did nothing wrong to the government of Canada: Ken Coates in the Toronto Star
Reconciliation cannot be achieved by a naïve desire to put the past behind us. Rather, Canada must recognize how our colonial history hangs as...
The Right to Say Yes on Resource Projects: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
If reconciliation means anything, it must mean that Indigenous peoples have the power not just to say “no,” but to say “yes” to...
The Transition from Symbolism to Action: Ken Coates for Inside Policy
Let Canada’s first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation be the end of a long pattern of well-intentioned but hollow gestures, writes Ken...
Out of the residential schools, into the prison and foster care systems: Melissa Mbarki in the National Post
It's hard to reconcile the injustices faced by Indigenous communities in the past when the effects of that trauma are still being felt...
Webinar Panel Video: What real reconciliation looks like
With federal government offices darkened for a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it's important to reflect on how far we have...
