Aboriginal women ask Stephen Harper: Am I next?

Published September 5, 2014

Am I next? That’s the question aboriginal women are asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a new online campaign to renew pressure on his government to call a national inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women. Coming on the heels of Harper’s “sociological phenomenon” blunder, the campaign is the brainchild of Holly Jarrett. She’s the cousin of Loretta […]

Big Oil’s attack on Neil Young boomerangs back

Published January 17, 2014

Big Oil is fighting back against Canadian rock icon Neil Young, saying all they’re trying to do is create mutual trust with First Nations. The problem, you see, is that Young is getting in the way of building all this goodwill! “His rhetoric is ill-informed, it’s divisive, and I think it does a disservice to Canadians […]

Is this what a pipeline consultation with First Nations looks like?

Published January 6, 2014

Prime Minister Stephen Harper talked up the importance of First Nations consultations at a Vancouver Board of Trade event on Monday, part of his government’s pipelines push. Before watching Harper spin his yarn, consider these five points about Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway project, now in the hands of Harper’s cabinet after Enbridge received conditional approval […]

5 things you should know about aboriginal education funding

Published December 11, 2013

The Fraser Institute released a report this week about government spending on aboriginal people, complaining it has reached an “all-time high” to dispel any thoughts that funding for Canada’s First Nations is “inadequate.” The right wing think tank hints that the over-funding, framed as government largess, is even worse because the report is a […]

Check out these offensive tweets calling First Nations protesters “barbarians” and “savages”

Published October 18, 2013

When news spread Thursday that the RCMP had just moved in on members of the Elsipogtog First Nation in Rexton, NB, to enforce a court injunction to stop a weeks-long Mi’kmaq protest aimed at blocking SWN Resources Canada from commencing shale gas exploration in the area, check out what came out of the woodwork. Remember: […]

Tag: Aboriginal Rights

Aboriginal women ask Stephen Harper: Am I next?

Big Oil’s attack on Neil Young boomerangs back

Is this what a pipeline consultation with First Nations looks like?

5 things you should know about aboriginal education funding

Check out these offensive tweets calling First Nations protesters “barbarians” and “savages”