Clarke new Aboriginal Conservative caucus chair
Conservative Manitoba MP Rod Bruinooge has been quietly replaced as chair of the Conservative Aboriginal affairs caucus, APTN National News has confirmed.
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FNs, Metis, Inuit will be ‘reborn’ from ‘misery’
Aboriginal people will be “reborn from their pain and misery” by drawing on the “strength” from the country’s land, outgoing Governor General Michaelle Jean said in a “Letter to Canadaians” released Thursday.
Hundreds rally for education
Hundreds gathered in the shadow of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill Thursday, waving flags and placards, drumming and dancing, in one of the largest rallies this year by First Nations people who came from as far away as New Brunswick to demand federal politicians reverse the dismal quality of education on reserves.
Aboriginal ‘domain’ needs seismic shift
Conservative Senator Patrick has turned to YouTube as a megaphone for his call to freeze any additional funding to Indian Affairs and Aboriginal organizations until there is a full accounting of how their current spending impacts ordinary Aboriginal people.
‘Our children are not being treated fairly’
Canada desperately needs to invest in Aboriginal education to balance off its looming labour shortage and maintain key social programs like national health care into the future, says Assembly of First Nations national chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo.
Atleo presses case for new FN ministry
AFN national Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo is continuing to press for the creation of a new ministry to replace “cumbersome” Indian Affairs