Category: First Nations Canada

Tribunal Says $40B Child-Welfare Agreement Doesn’t Satisfy All Orders

October 25, 2022
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The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says a $40 billion child welfare settlement agreement the federal government reached with First Nations doesn’t meet all the requirements of the tribunal’s orders. The panel is urging the parties to continue negotiating in a decision released today. In 2019 the tribunal ordered Ottawa to compensate children and families three…

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Alberta Accepts Bid for Private Hip-knee Surgical Clinic on First Nation Land

October 10, 2022
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The Alberta government has approved a bid by the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton to build a private clinic to perform thousands of publicly covered hip and knee surgeries. Health Minister Jason Copping says the clinic is to be built by the middle of next year to reduce a backlog of orthopedic operations in and around the…

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New Zealand and Canada Sign an Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement

August 25, 2022
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New Zealand and Canada have signed a collaboration arrangement to improve outcomes for Indigenous peoples, both governments announced on Wednesday. New Zealand Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson and Canadian Minister for Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu signed the agreement in Wellington during Hajdu’s week-long visit to the small island nation. The purpose of the arrangement…

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The Growing Apology Industry

July 31, 2022
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Commentary The apology industry has never been busier. On July 25, Pope Francis offered an apology to the indigenous survivors of Canada’s residential schools, where children suffered “cultural destruction and forced assimilation” promoted by government policy at the time and keenly implemented by the Catholic Church. The Pope called this policy “disastrous” and “evil.” In…

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Ottawa Appeals Court Ruling That Limits First Nations’ Ability to Postpone Elections

April 9, 2021
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OTTAWA—Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says his department will appeal a Federal Court ruling that limits First Nations’ ability to postpone the election of chiefs and councils during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous Services Canada developed regulations last year to allow First Nation councils to delay elections and extend the terms of their chiefs and councillors…

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