Parliamentary committee’s report on violence against Indigenous women ‘sanitized’
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Aboriginal Affairs faces “high risk” it can’t manage expectations on consultations: documents
The federal department of Aboriginal Affairs says faces a “high risk” it may not be able to manage expectations around consultation, internal documents show.
Aboriginal Affairs “unable” to do job, faces “high risk” of deteriorating relationship with FN: Documents
Facing rising legal costs, cuts to its budget, a booming Indigenous population and the federal Aboriginal Affairs department faces a “high risk” of a deteriorating relationship with First Nations that could lead to increased protests and potentially “violence,” internal department documents show.
Human Rights Commission: Call national inquiry into murdered, missing Indigenous women
Laureen Harper, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s wife, was in the audience for an Economic Club of Canada speech this past November when the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission called on the federal government to launch a national inquiry into the “national tragedy” of murdered and missing Indigenous women.
Harper government unmoved as opposition MPs press for missing, murdered indigenous women inquiry
Opposition MPs pressed the Harper government during question period Thursday to call a national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women.
Border agents held Akwesasne woman ‘hostage,’ threatened to pull her from wheelchair: lawsuit
A paraplegic Akwesasne woman has launched a $600,000 lawsuit against Canada’s border agency alleging she was held “hostage” by border guards so she would give up her boyfriend, according to a court document.
NWAC neutral on Mohawk activist’s plan for direct action to force missing, murdered public inquiry
The president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada says she supports Mohawk activist Shawn Brant’s call for a public inquiry into the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women, but remained neutral on his plans to use unspecified direct action to force Ottawa’s hand on the issue.
Ottawa silent on calls for national inquiry, pledges $25 million to combat violence against Indigenous women
-Calls for a public inquiry into the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women remain unheeded by the Harper government.
New matrimonial property laws a slippery slope to reserve land for sale
By Melissa Ridgen APTN Investigates Laws that protect Canadian couples in the event of a…