Posts Tagged ‘Indigenous’
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How Martin Luther King’s legacy speaks to our Canadian reality
Apr 03 2013
In Canada, we have spent $11.3 billion on the mission in Afghanistan, yet in the latest federal budget there was little for the 3.2 million of our fellow citizens who live in poverty. We can afford to spend upward of $25 billion on new fighter jets to patrol the skies, but do not have the money to address the crisis of affordable housing that leaves so many Canadians homeless or precariously housed… We live with racial inequalities … yet do little to address institutionalized racism in our labour markets and criminal justice systems.
Tags: economy, homelessness, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, standard of living
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Canada’s law-and-order agenda weighs heavily on aboriginal people
Mar 12 2013
… the aboriginal prison population has increased 43 per cent in the past five years. Métis, Inuit and First Nations people make up 23 per cent of the prison population, although they comprise just 4 per cent of the population of the country.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living
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Ontario must stop imprisonment by race
Mar 01 2013
The disproportionately high rates of incarceration of aboriginal and black youth is the disastrous outcome of complicated social problems. Deep poverty, family breakdown, lack of education and mental health issues, such as attention deficit disorder, need major interventions… many are given jail sentences, even when their crimes are no more serious than those who walk free.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Ontario must rebuild First Nations’ trust in legal system
Feb 27 2013
Ontario’s 300,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit are chronically overrepresented in jails and under-represented on the juries that assess innocence and guilt, or probe deaths… not just on juries, but among all those who work in the administration of justice in this province, whether as court officials, prosecutors, defence counsel, or judges,”
Tags: corrections, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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‘Systemic racism’ toward natives in justice system, Frank Iacobucci finds
Feb 26 2013
“I have called it a crisis, a serious crisis. And I am not an alarmist. We are talking about the lives and liberties of people. I don’t know if you can get more of an important issue subject than that… We can’t continue to treat First Nations as objects. We have to be partners. I don’t care if it is in the justice system or economic development. It is going to take time.”
Tags: Indigenous, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Ottawa’s aboriginal child-welfare policies slammed at human rights hearing
Feb. 26 2013
… the provinces provide welfare to other Canadian children at rates that are 22 per cent higher than the amount given by the federal government to first nations children… Ottawa is responsible for social assistance on reserves where the levels of poverty and the associated problems are higher than most other places in Canada.
Tags: budget, child care, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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Canada’s energy juggernaut hits a native roadblock
Jan. 14, 2013
Harper’s attack on Canada’s environmental laws included rewriting parts of the Indian Act, thereby removing safeguards for native land and waters that are protected in the Constitution. Of course, even with the Constitution on the side of aboriginals, it’s hard to imagine a group consisting of some of the poorest people on the continent taking on the federal government, backed up by corporate Canada, and winning… The Harper government will undoubtedly mobilize resources and cunning against Idle No More.
Tags: economy, globalization, Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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The Power of Idle No More’s Resurgent Radicalism
Jan. 14, 2013
It is up against formidable odds: not just the normal difficulties of any new movement but a ruthless Harper government which responds only to power and an entrenched aboriginal leadership which is completely dependent on that same government. It is a leadership which long ago made a deal with the neo-colonial devil: you pay us and we will pretend to lead while you pretend to listen.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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Idle No More, Meet the Norwegians
Jan. 10, 2013
… there may be some important lessons for Canada’s First Nations from across the Atlantic in the looming showdown with Stephen Harper… this tiny Nordic country stood up to powerful outside oil interests intent on exploiting their natural resources and achieved a remarkable economic success. By standing their ground with a clear vision and united front, Norwegians negotiated arguably the toughest ever terms with the world’s most powerful industrial sector.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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