Top Mountie breaks with policy, says Indigenous perpetrators responsible for 70 per cent of solved Indigenous women murders
Status of Women Minister’s office releases RCMP letter
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Canadian spies can access Indian status records under Bill C-51: Public Safety
RCMP investigators and Canadian spies would legally be able to access personal information found in Indian status records held by the federal Aboriginal Affairs department […]
AFN National Chief Bellegarde says First Nations will launch constitutional challenge against anti-terror law
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde said the Harper government should expect a First Nation constitutional challenge to its proposed anti-terror law.
AFN-Ottawa working group calling for focus on resource royalty revenue sharing
An Ottawa-funded working group on natural resource development and First Nations is recommending a deeper exploration of resource revenue sharing.
Two decades of studies undercut Ottawa’s plan to combat violence against Indigenous women: report
The federal government’s strategy to deal with the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women is not supported by nearly 60 studies that have examined the issue, according to a new report.
AFN’s Bellegarde demanding “immediate” meeting with Valcourt
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is demanding an “immediate meeting” with Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt in the wake of a deadly fire on a Saskatchewan First Nation that left two children dead.
Federal ministers Valcourt, Leitch to attend roundtable on murdered, missing Indigenous women
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt and Status of Women Minister Kellie Leitch will attend this month’s planned roundtable to discuss the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women across the country.
National roundtable on murdered, missing Indigenous women scheduled for Feb. 27
A national roundtable to discuss the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls will be held on Feb. 27 in Ottawa, according to a memo from the Assembly of First Nations.
Assembly of First Nations’ CEO talks about budget cuts to the national First Nation lobby group
Face to Face On this Face to Face, chief executive officer of the Assembly of…