The country’s top oil producing First Nation has launched a $50 million court action against Ottawa over damages suffered as a result of “punitive measures” imposed by the federal Aboriginal Affairs department after the Cree community refused to publicly disclose its finances as required by recently passed legislation.
A Nunavut politician says improvements to Nutrition North can’t come soon enough.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his minister of Aboriginal Affairs clung to a defence of the Northern federal food subsidy program Tuesday that was repeatedly undercut by the Auditor General of Canada during a press conference and in his Fall 2014 report.
The Harper government isn’t taking the lead on a program meant to help feed Northern families.
The Auditor General of Canada has found that the federal Aboriginal Affairs department has no idea whether its program to make healthy foods cheaper is working in the North where some residents have been forced to scrounge in dumps as a result of the high prices at local grocery stores.
The infrastructure funds for First Nation schools announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday matches the amount put on ice by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt after chiefs rejected the government’s education bill.
When he announced the creation of the Specific Claims Tribunal, Prime Minister Stephen Harper claimed it was a “historic” moment that would “revolutionize” the handling of historical grievances from First Nations.
(Editor’s note: Following an incident in Ottawa where a business refused to accept a First…
Interim Assembly of First Nation National Chief Ghislain Picard has announced his intention to run for the top job at the election in December, APTN National News has confirmed.
