Trudeau government announces $1.4B in new funding for First Nation child welfare
First Nation child welfare services will see nearly $1.4 billion in additional funding over the…
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Lack of funding piling up on the dreams of First Nations children: Blackstock
“We still have issues with education, early childhood, basics like water and sanitation.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new legal framework for Indigenous people
The Liberal government is planning to implement a new legal Indigenous framework that includes building…
‘We refuse to live in fear’: Colten Boushie family to keep fighting for justice
Gerald Stanley, the white Saskatchewan farmer who held the gun that killed Boushie, was acquitted by an all-white jury on Friday.
Prime minister to announce ‘legal framework’ for Indigenous people in speech
“I think it’s time we recognize that a rights-based approach to Indigenous issues.”
Boushie family confident ‘concrete’ change to come following Ottawa meetings
“Each person has promised to work with us to make concrete changes within the justice system.”
Justice minister to examine jury selection after Saskatchewan verdict
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Indigenous people are “significantly underrepresented” in jury pools, but overrepresented in prisons.
Colten Boushie’s family in Ottawa to meet with federal ministers
A jury acquitted Gerald Stanley of second-degree murder on Friday after Boushie was shot dead on his farm in August 2016.
Saganash’s UNDRIP bill dominates discussion on Nation to Nation
UNDRIP bill passed second reading 217-76 with only the Conservative party voting against it.
