By: Kevin Libin Canadians are used to judges saving their opinions for the courtrooms. And used to those opinions sticking to matters of the law. But John Reilly doesn’t much care what Canadians expect. He’s mostly retired. And his opinions have been developed after a long career on the Bench. They are about the way [...]
Ambrose earmarks $10 million to address missing and murdered aboriginal women
Friday, October 29th, 2010By Lori Culbert VANCOUVER — Rona Ambrose, federal Minister for Status of Women, announced in Vanouver today several new federal initiatives to address the “disturbing number” of murdered and missing aboriginal women, including steps to help police better investigate these cases. These initiatives will cost $10 million, and that money was first announced in March’s [...]
First Nations last in openness
Thursday, October 7th, 2010By John Ivison The stories are as familiar as they are shocking: First Nations such as Manitoba’s Peguis band, where the chief earned $220,000 tax free — the equivalent of $383,000 off reserve; the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta, where band councillors earned $175,000, compared with the average resident’s income of $15,000; or the 543-person [...]
Calling all Albertans…we need to hear your views on the oilsands!
Friday, August 27th, 2010On August 26th, the Government of Alberta announced that it wants to know what Albertans think about how we should balance environmental protection and economic growth in the oilsands. Asking Albertans what they think—seems like a good idea—because if we don’t speak on our behalf, others will. Boycotts of oilsands fuel by major U.S. retailers [...]
Investors urge unqualified Declaration endorsement
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010By: Gale Courey Toensing BETHESDA, Md. – The movement to persuade the federal government to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples without qualification has grown beyond American Indian and religious communities to the financial world. Calvert Investments, a financial services company that holds $14.5 billion in assets, and a coalition [...]
Battling aboriginal tradition
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010By: Jeffery Simpson Mark Podlasly complains of aboriginal stereotypes: poverty, crime, poor education, unemployment. All are present to varying extents in aboriginal Canada, but there are lots of Mark Podlaslys, too: well-educated, articulate, professional aboriginals, living off-reserve, who don’t accept the vision of most of the country’s native political leaders. After almost a decade working [...]
A pawn in a gas game
Saturday, July 10th, 2010By Diane Francis, Financial Post Nellie Cournoyea is chairwoman and chief executive of the $300-million Inuvialuit Regional Corp., which has investments in construction, pipelines, trucking, airlines and real estate. She is the former premier of the Northwest Territories and also an ardent and passionate spokeswoman for her region. She spoke to the Financial Post’s editor-at-large [...]