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Indigenous Affairs papers

The future of Indigenous economic prosperity: New MLI paper by Ken Coates

OTTAWA, ON (November 26, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic, global economic factors, and domestic policy-making have combined with a devastating effect on Canada’s energy...

 

November 26, 2020 at 8:26 pm read more

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...

 

August 5, 2020 at 11:53 am read more

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...

 

October 24, 2019 at 5:44 pm read more

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...

 

May 2, 2019 at 3:53 pm read more

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...

 

April 26, 2018 at 3:05 pm read more

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,...

 

August 15, 2017 at 9:05 am read more

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...

 

June 29, 2017 at 9:31 am read more

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...

 

May 18, 2017 at 9:27 am read more

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,...

 

July 5, 2016 at 9:07 am read more

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...

 

June 2, 2016 at 9:08 am read more
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Events

  • Connecting After COVID: How Canada and its allies can partner on infrastructure and trade in the Indo-Pacific

    January 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST

Top News

  • Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

    Elliot Tepper, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Multimedia, Recent News

     MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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  • Build health care back better: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Philip Cross, Recent News

    Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...

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  • The Liberals went hostile against Big Pharma. Now we’re facing vaccine shortages: Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post

    Columns, COVID-19, Health, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    Europeans will wait just one week for their Pfizer shipments to return to normal levels, while Canadians will wait for four weeks, writes...

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  • New legislative proposal to combat global hostage-taking

    Foreign Affairs, Justice, Justice - papers, Latest News, Papers, Press Releases, Recent News, Sarah Teich, Security and defence - papers

    OTTAWA, ON (January 21, 2021): Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have languished as hostages in China’s brutal prisons for over two years. And...

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  • The yellow badge of Canadian courage: William Watson in the Financial Post

    Columns, Foreign Affairs, In the Media, Latest News, Recent News

    For Canadian politicians no profiles in courage are involved in slamming the departing bully Trump. What’s in play instead are easy political points,...

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Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

 MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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