AFN chiefs expected to reject Bill C-33
-First Nation chiefs gathered for a special meeting of the Assembly of First Nations Tuesday are expected to formally reject the Harper government’s proposed bill for on-reserve education.
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Abuse survivor graduates high school, ready to move on
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WTO appeal panel upholds ‘political’ EU seal ban
A World Trade Organization appeal panel has upheld the European Union’s ban on seal products.
Tlicho government takes Ottawa to court in battle over consultation, natural resources
The Northwest Territories sits on one of the largest untapped oil and gas reserves in the world and getting at those resources has never been easier thanks to new legislation passed by Ottawa.
Valcourt attacks Confederacy of Nations, calls chiefs ‘rogue’ and threats to national security
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt moved aggressively to undermine the Confederacy of Nations Thursday, labeling the chiefs behind the organization as rogues who are “threatening” national security.
Confederacy of Nations seeking education ‘accord’ with Ottawa: document
A group of Ottawa’s poor and homeless gathered on the sidewalk outside St. Paul’s waiting patiently to begin their weekly service unusually held in the church basement occupied on this Wednesday evening by First Nation leaders gathered for what many of them deemed to be a historic event.
Education bill, meeting with Valcourt on Confederacy of Nations agenda
First Nation chiefs attending a planned Confederacy of Nations meeting in Ottawa Wednesday are expected to develop a strategy to immediately engage Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt on his government’s proposed First Nation education bill, APTN National News has learned.
Life jacket-clad Justice Minister MacKay’s photo op interrupted by Indigenous women calling for inquiry
Justice Minister Peter MacKay agreed to meet with the families of missing and murdered Indigenous after he was confronted on Parliament Hill with demands for a public inquiry.
New Bruce Carson charges stem from ‘business’ with federal departments, meeting involving Trudeau aide
One of the three illegal lobbying charges levelled by the RCMP against Bruce Carson stems from a meeting he arranged with the country’s energy ministers that also included one of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s current senior advisors, according to court documents.
