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A better system of First Nations self-governance
Without the willingness to live by one’s own rules, there can be no self-government, and self-government can only be learned in its practice. Canada’s aboriginals are fully capable of running efficient and accountable governments. Most First Nations have already opted for custom systems to rule their communities. Modest improvements to those councils will mean a better, more independent life for Canada’s aboriginals.
Tags: Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights
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Resource development offers opportunity for Aboriginal communities
First, First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities are ready to participate in collaborative activities. Second, Canada already has a significant number of examples of practical and effective partnerships with Aboriginal communities… commercialization already is showing real dividends… Given their newly recognized legal and political power and authority, however, Aboriginal people can and will be a powerful obstacle to any development that does not respect their interests, their histories and their cultures.
Tags: economy, Indigenous, participation, poverty, privatization, rights, standard of living
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Aboriginal education vexes Canada (and Paul Martin)
Ottawa compares what it pays for each reserve student with provincial averages and denies that a problem exists. Mr. Martin insists that the comparison should be made with per capita funding for remote and rural schools, which always require more money than urban ones. Factor in geography, to say nothing of the specific additional challenges of educating young people on reserves, and Mr. Martin believes the gap is $2,000 to $3,000 per student.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, youth
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Tories gear up for (historical) war
In the 1990s, a war raged. Known as the “history wars,” scholars argued over appropriate subject matter and methods for understanding the past. In Canada, one side of this debate believed that the past should focus on politics, economics and the military; the other side felt that the past was broader. Looking more at society and culture, they argued for a more nuanced understanding that included the contributions of women, immigrants, indigenous peoples and workers.
Tags: budget, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, women
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Canada has to accommodate aboriginal concerns
… many Canadians insist that… assimilation into the Canada’s immigrant culture is the best thing the First Nations could possibly do for themselves. On the other hand, some day Canadians may come to understand (the easy way or the hard way) that an honest national accommodation with aboriginal cultures and a fair sharing of the wealth in Canada’s natural resources are the best policies Canadians could adopt for themselves and for Canada.
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, participation, standard of living
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Urban-bound aboriginals pose Canada’s biggest integration challenge, not immigrants
… one of the most striking findings from Wednesday’s census data: the phenomenal growth rate among self-identified aboriginals. In 2001, 976,000 Canadians fell into this category. By 2011, the figure was 1.4-million. About 50% of First Nations with registered status live on reserves, and many of them will be moving to urban areas in coming years, in search of jobs… Current policy, which promotes the preservation of native culture on remote landscapes instead of social and economic development, has had its day.
Tags: Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Canada has second-worst birth-day mortality rate: study
… 2.4 per 1,000 births – ending in early tragedy… driven higher by the mortality rate for aboriginal infants… some First Nations populations register mortality rates of up to four times the national average… “We’re an affluent country, but at a systems level we’re still not distributing all of our health and social resources equally to all groups… the social imbalance that sees aboriginals struggling with higher than average levels of poverty is compounded by the country’s geography.
Tags: Health, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living
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The Aboriginal population: younger and more troubled
Forty-nine per cent of First Nations people live on reserve, where education is provided by band councils using federal funds – and where other studies found that about 60 per cent fail to graduate…. lack of education is but one facet of the troubled lives of many aboriginals… “In order for the numbers to change, the government is going to have to address root causes such as poverty and discrimination…The focus cannot just be on education. It has to be broader than that.”
Tags: crime prevention, Health, homelessness, housing, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Political expediency trumps First Nations issues
Problems go unaddressed, and bureaucrats in Ottawa treat these communities with remote detachment. The solution, from the colonial office’s perspective, has been to blame the victims. This approach was made crystal clear when Prime Minister Harper, by denigrating sociology, scoffed at people who look for root causes and underlying reasons for social problems… In a world of simple solutions… we find that First Nations issues are ignored today while the government’s ideological agenda and appeal to the Conservative party’s base forms its aboriginal policy.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, rights, women
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A spectacle of hypocrisy and farce’: North Korea, Iran attack Canada’s human rights record at UN forum
Canada faced the critiques Friday in Geneva during its command appearance before the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review, which looks at all UN members’ human rights records every four years…. A total of 83 states participated in Canada’s review… “Canada has not been listening to civil society, labour and indigenous voices in Canada”… Canada accepted fewer than half of the 68 recommendations from member states at the last review, partially rejecting 22 and completely rejecting 14. “The bulk of [the recommendations] are important, relevant and appropriate,”
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, rights, standard of living
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