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Trudeau government must end foot-dragging on promises to indigenous people
The department [of Indigenous and Northern Affairs] has the long-standing and unfortunate reputation of being incapable of creating improvements, either within its own ranks or for the indigenous people it is supposed to serve… “Until a problem-solving mindset is brought to these issues to develop solutions built around people instead of defaulting to litigation, arguments about money, and process roadblocks, this country will continue to squander the potential and lives of much of its Indigenous population,”
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The Overdose Crisis: We Know How to Save Lives, Doctors Say
“Initially, we had thought the main reason for this epidemic in our community was we were seeing the intergenerational trauma from residential schools being resurrected… But that’s not the main factor driving people, particularly young people, into addiction… We’re finding out that the number one social determinant for what we’re seeing with addictions in this community is poverty.”
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Quebec judge gives Ottawa more time to fix part of Indian Act declared discriminatory
Recognizing that many sections of the Indian Act are discriminatory… the government said it would make changes in two phases. The first phase would focus on gender-based discrimination and the second phase would look at the rest of the act. Bill S-3… was introduced in the Senate rather than the House because… the government believed it could be expedited. But the Senate aboriginal peoples committee was not prepared to give it a rubber stamp… But all of the senators on the committee… agreed that the legislation was flawed.
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A decade of inaction on indigenous child welfare
The federal government spent $500,000 defending itself against these tribunal complaints last year. It lost every time. This year, it ought simply to do as the tribunal said. Invest the money necessary to provide indigenous children equal access to essential services. And ensure the law that bears Jordan River Anderson’s name becomes a tool for justice and reconciliation, not yet another symbol of Canada’s shameful failure.
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Ottawa accused of failing to provide for indigenous children
Last January, 26, 2016, after a near nine-year legal fight, the [Canadian Human Rights Tribunal] ordered Canada to comply with Jordan’s Principle, which unanimously passed in Parliament in Dec. 2007… Canada was ordered… to stop discriminating against 163,000 indigenous children and grant them equal access to services. But two national indigenous organizations say Ottawa has failed to properly respond
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Canada ignores its own refugees [Indigenous people]
… unlike other refugees, they don’t get a basic income, a guaranteed safe roof over their head, support from groups to help them adjust, free food or business people paying their family’s way and giving them jobs over skilled Canadians. There is no help to start businesses. We don’t let them own houses or benefit economically from selling their resources, yet billion-dollar corporations can pillage these resources for off reserve benefit and profits.
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Addressing indigenous issues requires change at every level
… truth be told, we would not have made the progress that has been made without courts and tribunals insisting the Canadian constitution’s modest recognition of treaty and equality rights… Equality is expensive… stronger regional and tribal governments — and a determined willingness to work together. The Indian Act has divided First Nations, and this is hurting everyone, first and foremost indigenous people themselves.
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When First Nations take control of their affairs, they succeed
The essential role of the federal government has been to get out of the way, to legislate new opportunities for First Nations to deploy their own creativity. Abolition or wholesale amendment of the Indian Act may not be politically possible, but building such off ramps has proven feasible in the past and can continue in the future.
Tags: economy, featured, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living
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Something Canadians can agree on: making life better for indigenous people
… more than one in two Canadians (54 per cent) cited raising the standard of living for indigenous peoples to the same level as other Canadians… followed by ensuring that government decisions and the laws of Canada respect the legal rights of indigenous peoples (25 per cent)… regardless of their age, gender or region.
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Ottawa asks provinces to help reform First Nations child welfare
There are more children in care today than at the height of residential schools, [Minister Bennett] added. “That has to stop, and that will only stop by engaging with the provinces and territories and the agencies that deliver those services…” … bureaucrats listening to the people who provide this service as to how best to reform the program so as not to discriminate… how best to inform the program so that First Nation children and families are getting the service that they need”
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