Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo says the Conservative government is headed for conflict unless it stops trying to unilaterally ram through legislation impacting First Nations who hold the future of $500 billion worth of resource development projects in their hands.
Ten months after Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised the dawn of a new day with relations between First Nations and the federal government nothing has been done to back it up says the Assembly of First Nations.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo says the Harper government-backed private members bill to repeal sections of the Indian Act represented the “ways of the past.”
The department of Aboriginal Affairs doesn’t know how much it spends per-student for on-reserve First Nation education.
After deciding Wednesday to reject the Conservative government’s plan to introduce legislation on First Nations education, First Nations chiefs are now preparing a “plan of action” which will be tabled at an upcoming special assembly in December.
A Winnipeg First Nations rights activist says the husband of a senior Aboriginal Affairs official threatened him with legal action over a mass email containing unproven allegations the federal government attempted to interfere in the recent Assembly of First Nations election.
A Manitoba chief at the centre of a swirling controversy involving allegations of vote-buying and counter threats of legal action from a senior Aboriginal Affairs official says he’s worried the fall-out could result in Ottawa making his community pay the price.
Ryerson University professor Pam Palmater said she felt her security threatened when television personality Ezra Levant flashed a Google-map image of her Ajax, Ont., neighbourhood during a recent episode of his talk-show.
Ryerson University professor Pam Palmater said she felt her security threatened when television personality Ezra Levant flashed a Google-map image of her Ajax, Ont., neighbourhood during a recent episode of his talk-show.
