Prime Minister Stephen Harper continued his efforts to refashion the Canadian mythology by describing a country founded by “pioneers” in a Throne Speech delivered Wednesday that treated pressing First Nation issues as an afterthought.
The fate of a special parliamentary committee created to study the high rate of murdered and missing Indigenous women is at the centre of a procedural battle between the Harper government and opposition parties.
RCMP officers arrested a suspect in connection with a suspicious package left at the Prime Minister’s Office across from Parliament Hill.
The UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples called on the Harper government to reverse course on three major fronts in order to avoid a “rocky road” in its relationship with the country’s First Nation population.
Protestors and advocates of a proposed pipeline tried to sway citizens in the Ottawa area.
Dozens of families stood on the steps of parliament hill to talk about loved ones who have gone missing or have been murdered.
Ottawa is starting to put the financial squeeze on a Mi’kmaq First Nation in retribution for ongoing anti-fracking protests that have led to a looming confrontation at a highway blockade in New Brunswick, according to a band councillor.
250 years ago the Royal Proclamation was created.
The UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples is scheduled to hold a press conference in Ottawa the day before the Harper government delivers its Throne Speech setting the agenda for the next parliamentary session.
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