Major new study by Ken Coates shows tremendous progress on Indigenous engagement with the resource economy
OTTAWA, ON (August 5, 2020): The Supreme Court of Canada recently dismissed a legal challenge by a small group of First Nations in...
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...
Indigenous Access to Capital is Necessary for Reconciliation: New MLI Report
OTTAWA, ON (May 2, 2019): By now, many Canadians understand that an increasing number of Indigenous communities are full partners when it comes...
How BC First Nations can benefit from another LNG boom: MLI study by Ken Coates
OTTAWA, ON (April 26, 2018): BC Premier John Hogan remains firmly opposed to the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which has resulted in a very...
Clarifying the meaning of free, prior and informed consent for Canada: MLI paper by Dwight Newman
Implementing free, prior and informed consent in Canada will be much more complex than many advocates would have you believe OTTAWA, Aug. 15,...
Regional assessments are the key to real EA reform: MLI paper by Bram Noble
Environmental Assessment has been missing the big picture, writes Noble. A new process is needed to deal with cumulative development issues and Indigenous...
How to reignite the Ring of Fire and mining in Northern Ontario: MLI paper by Heather Hall and Ken Coates
MLI paper charts a path through the conflict between First Nations, business and government in Northern Ontario’s mining sectors OTTAWA, May 18, 2017...
Making Aboriginal voices heard in Environmental Assessment: MLI paper by Bram Noble
MLI paper explores how Environmental Assessment can become an integral part of reconciliation with Aboriginal Canadians OTTAWA, July 5, 2016 – Environmental assessment,...
Preventing new transparency laws from burning Indigenous peoples and resource developers: New MLI paper by Dwight Newman and Kaitlyn S. Harvey
Time is running short for adapting to new natural resource transparency laws before payments to Aboriginal governments are subject to disclosure a year...
Using UNDRIP to help Aboriginal Canada will require action on key priorities: New MLI paper by Blaine Favel and Ken Coates
Blaine Favel and Ken Coates, in a newly-released Macdonald-Laurier Institute paper, examine next steps for Ottawa as it follows through on its endorsement...
