Valcourt unsure about details when questioned by MPs on First Nations children, youth
NDP MP calls Valcourt a ‘clown’
NDP MP calls Valcourt a ‘clown’
The fate of a special parliamentary committee looking into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is in jeopardy.
Opposition MPs pounced on the Harper government following findings by the Office of Privacy Commissioner that Aboriginal Affairs and Justice Canada officials spied on First Nations children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq should remove OxyContin “clones” from the list of drugs covered by the federal government if she chooses to continue ignoring warnings that the generic versions of the addictive drug could wreck havoc in some First Nations communities, says Liberal Aboriginal affairs critic Carolyn Bennett.
Racism appears to be the new line of defense in the House of Commons.
APTN’s political panel is back in action.