Days before the RCMP were called in by the Prime Minister’s Office to investigate, Bruce Carson planned to enlist another political heavy-weight to clear the “log-jam” in the Indian Affairs bureaucracy he believed was stymieing his efforts to land First Nations water contracts for an Ottawa-based company that had a deal with his escort fiance.
Days before Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo announced in Winnipeg he would be pushing to abolish the Indian Act, he received a telephone call from Bruce Carson, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former aide and friend.
A former senior advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper was lobbying Indian Affairs to land water contracts potentially worth millions of dollars for an Ottawa-based water company that employed his fiancee who was an escort.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has asked the RCMP to investigate the activities of one of his longest serving advisors, APTN National News has learned.
First Nation policing services across the country are expecting cuts as early as April 1.
A member of Nunavut’s legislature is facing criminal charges from an incident earlier this week.
Protesters gathered this week at a hotel owned by the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta while an education symposium was underway.
British Columbia chiefs are threatening blockades if the province doesn’t start to deal with outstanding title and rights issues.
RCMP in Vancouver are hunting for the killer of a 71-year-old First Nation elder.
