Cannabis concerns, calls for more Indigenous input dominate Senate committee
APTN News A Senate committee debating Bill C-45, the cannabis law, heard from a company…
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Remove Nick Beyak from council to ‘promote unity’: Chief
Eagle Lake Chief Arnold Gardner is “deeply disappointed” by comments Nick Beyak made in support of mom.
Beyak engaged in form of ‘genocide denial’ over residential school comments: advocate
APTN News The former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress says a Canadian senator must…
First Nations call for boycott of Beyak’s businesses
Comments in support of Canada’s punitive Indian residential school system could hurt Ontario Senator Lynn Beyak in the pocketbook.
Sen. Lynn Beyak says she was never asked to remove ‘racist’ letters from Senate website
“Neither I nor my staff ever spoke with Andrew Scheer or anyone from his office, at any time,” says Beyak
Bill passes to end discrimination in the Indian Act
The Senate of Canada signed off on a government bill Monday night to remove sex-discrimination from the Indian Act.
Senators get a lesson on how to “Indigenize” upper chamber in Ottawa
Canada’s Red Chamber got a lesson on how to “Indigenize” the Senate. It came in the form of young people paying a visit to the Senate’s Aboriginal Affairs committee.
Senate committee studying new relationship with Indigenous people
The Senate committee on Aboriginal peoples got back to work this week following a long Easter break.
