Re-elected Harper government would introduce on-reserve private property ownership on band by band basis
Promise tied to Indian residential school apology
First Nation Education
NDP promise on core First Nation education richest among three main federal parties
Liberal education promise may have $500 million gap
Pre-election federal budget contains no big ticket items for First Nations
Finance Minister Joe Oliver didn’t mention the word “Aboriginal” or “First Nation” in his budget speech
Quebec First Nations seeking more documents from Ottawa on education bill
The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) is demanding additional internal documents from Ottawa linked to the controversial First Nation education bill as part of its ongoing Federal Court case against the Harper government.
Temperatures cool over First Nation education
Just months ago chiefs in Canada were locked in a ferocious debate about First Nation education.
Valcourt hints Ottawa may move ahead on education bill without AFN
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt vented his frustration Thursday with the Assembly of First Nations’ rejection of a proposed bill for First Nation education and hinted Ottawa may move ahead on the file without the support of the chiefs’ organization.
AFN rejects Harper government’s education bill, calls for immediate injection of $1.9 billion
The Assembly of First Nation called on the Harper government Tuesday to withdraw its First Nation education bill while also demanding the federal government immediately inject the $1.9 billion promised for 2015 in the last federal budget.
First Nations leaders using education bill as “instrument” to “wound” Harper
Some First Nations leaders have decide to use a proposed federal bill aimed at improving on-reserve education as an “instrument” to “wound” Prime Minister Stephen Harper, says one of Canada’s leading expert on Indigenous education.
Chiefs plotting revival of dormant ‘Confederacy of Nations’ to stop FN education bill
A group of First Nation chiefs plan to revive a dormant oversight body within the Assembly of First Nations to turn the organization against the Harper government’s First Nation education bill.