Canada plans to fight band reparations class action in court
Ottawa’s legal arguments ‘pay lip service to the idea of reconciliation’ while denying liability for loss of culture at residential schools, lawyer tells N2N
Nation to Nation
Papal apology ‘an empty gesture’ without reparations and reform: Niigaan Sinclair
Sorry is a good first step but four key actions must follow, Sinclair tells N2N.
Liberal-NDP deal could mean major money for Indigenous communities over next 4 budgets: MPs
Indigenous Services will be country’s top spender this year if its 2022-2023 budget is approved, which is likely following parliamentary pact
First Nations ‘merely pawns’ in wrangling over Ring of Fire: Marten Falls chief
Ontario minister tells MPs to ‘leave us alone to move ahead with what we’re calling the corridor to prosperity.’
Quebec has ‘harder case’ to make as challenge to child welfare law heads to Supreme Court: lawyer
N2N unpacks implications of recent Quebec Court of Appeal ruling
Exploring the hidden history of Indigenous relations with Ukrainian settlers
‘It was necessary for them to think that these lands were empty, to think that they were the first peoples on these lands, because otherwise you have to start considering that you are displacing people’
Emergencies Act committee can’t ignore Indigenous concerns about precedent, police bias say parliamentarians
‘Let’s make sure we have an Indigenous lens or somebody that understands where we’re coming from,’ says Sen. Michèle Audette
Canada is deliberately delaying response to ‘urgent’ UN request about racism against Mi’kmaw harvesters
‘We were hoping that the UN would hold them accountable but they seem to be pushing back,’ says Chief Mike Sack
What could Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act mean for the future of Indigenous direct action?
‘If it gives more powers to police and to security institutions to repress and suppress Indigenous-led movements to defend their land, then that could a be real concern,’ one researcher says