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Liberals must commit to protect vulnerable
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Jan. 30, 2012
Protecting the vulnerable is what liberalism is all about. In today’s terms, it means improving the level of support to those who must rely on social assistance. It means increasing the inventory of affordable housing for low-income tenants. It means assisting those who face a future perplexed by dementia. It means generating meaningful employment opportunities for the unemployed and under-employed. It means helping those criminal offenders who are candidates for rehabilitation to find a productive and law-abiding future. It means a health-care system that provides quality care to all our citizens…
Tags: disabilities, homelessness, ideology, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
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Property rights could unlock native reform
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Jan 28 2012
… underlying title allows First Nation communities to subdivide a portion of their reserve land into fee simple lands for individual members to use. Band members could then use these fee simple lands to generate wealth through mortgages, loans, and buy/sell transactions, much like Canadians do off-reserve, but without any of the hassle of dealing with significant bureaucratic red tape that most members have to endure under the Indian Act.
Tags: Indigenous, participation, privatization, rights, standard of living
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The Liberals need a new leader: What about Bob?
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Jan. 28, 2012
Mr. Rae is one of the people “driving this vision” of the party as an engaged, open network that reaches out across all kinds of channels to build community and draw young people into a real discussion about ideas. “The party needs a leader who understands this generation, their culture, their modus operandi… as a self-defined “recovering politician,” he developed a reputation for taking on difficult issues: the Air India bombing, the restructuring of the Red Cross, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the crisis at Burnt Church and nation-building in the Forum of Federations.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, youth
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Program targets aboriginal issues in justice system
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Jan. 27, 2012
In R v Gladue, the Supreme Court recognized that certain mitigating factors, including aboriginal peoples’ history of dislocation, disadvantage and discrimination, and a range of options should be considered when sentencing them. Despite that ruling, aboriginal offenders today still account for 20 per cent of the federal offender population, even though aboriginal adults represent four per cent of the Canadian population… while Corrections Canada has adopted Gladue principles into their policy documents, evidence of the application of those principles by corrections staff has been lacking.
Tags: corrections, Indigenous, multiculturalism, standard of living
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Resolve the treaties and complete Confederation
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Jan. 23, 2012
The five years leading to Confederation saw the great debates that stirred the ideas for union, and the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences that set the framework for a national accord. The five years leading to 2017 could lay the foundation for the next chapter – the missing chapter: the resolution of the treaties and the beginning of reconciliation and reconstruction with our aboriginal peoples. It’s the civil-rights movement of our generation.
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, rights, standard of living
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Ottawa summit aims to boost first-nations economies
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Jan. 22, 2012
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is preparing a budget based on departmental proposals for spending cuts… aboriginal programs in areas such as health and housing are clearly at risk… But Mr. Harper says a focus on sharing natural-resources wealth can actually boost social funding for communities… if the billions in mineral, hydro and forestry development in northern Manitoba were to benefit the region’s communities, Ottawa could spend less in areas like on-reserve housing. “The treaties were based on sharing the wealth,” he said.
Tags: budget, economy, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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A historic moment for the federal government and First Nations
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Jan 23, 2012
Working with willing partners, we have signed five tripartite education agreements between federal, provincial and First Nation governments in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. We also introduced a new Specific Land Claims Action plan which has successfully resolved a significant backlog of specific claims. In addition, our government has committed to providing new investments to the First Nations Land Management Act which provides First Nations with self governance over their lands.
Tags: economy, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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Historic First Nations summit may not yield concrete outcomes
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Jan 19, 2012
First Nations chiefs want to negotiate a cabinet-approved timeline with the federal government that would see concrete improvements for native communities…. Immediate challenges could include inadequate funding for housing, child welfare, education and water. Long-term issues include crafting a pathway to self-governance and recognition of treaty rights, creating a more reliable fiscal framework, economic development, financial transparency and speeding up talks on comprehensive land claims.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living
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New relationship needed with Crown or risk widespread unrest: chiefs
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Jan.11, 2012
Native chiefs say Prime Minister Stephen Harper must come out of this month’s First Nations summit willing to forge a new relationship with aboriginals or risk widespread unrest… Many have concerns about the lack of housing, clean running water and education in their communities, but virtually all say they don’t expect to solve those issues in a day. They want the prime minister to commit to holding at least one first ministers meeting on aboriginal issues and to appoint a commissioner to ensure that treaties signed more than 100 years ago are being followed.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, rights, standard of living
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Caledonia proves some criminals are more equal than others
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Jan 7, 2012
If it was a worthy policy to treat the white citizens of Caledonia one way, and the aboriginal protestors and blockaders another, why would he or his Attorney General not take pride in explicitly justifying such two-tier criminal-justice policies to the world? … it is simply because the Ontario authorities, including the Premier himself, recognize that with Caledonia they were not applying any bold principle. They were making it up as they went along, motivated by pure political cravenness and a desperation to avoid another Ipperwash… No such system of law can own the respect of a citizenry.
Tags: crime prevention, Indigenous, participation, rights
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