The treaty process in British Columbia recently received a major setback as a community in southern B.C. put its treaty implementation processes on hold.
Aboriginal Policy
March 7, 2016
11:44AM
February 9, 2016
1:19PM
Recent data demonstrates the negative impacts if treaties and agreements are not upheld.
February 2, 2016
3:00AM
With more than 100 per cent of B.C. claimed by First Nations, expect more suits in the future.
January 21, 2016
3:00AM
The average unemployment rate of the communities impacted by the Coastal GasLink LNG pipeline is over 31 per cent.
January 13, 2016
3:00AM
On Sunday, Leonardo DiCaprio won a Golden Globe Award for best actor, and he’s getting a lot of press for his concern about indigenous people around the world.
December 21, 2015
10:39AM
Canada's federal government alone spends more than $10 billion annually on aboriginal issues.
December 17, 2015
10:19AM
Benefits of the project would have included more than $223 million in direct transfers to Tsawwassen members.
December 8, 2015
1:42PM
Only 0.3 per cent of the $7.9 billion spent by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada in 2011/12 went to Metis and non-status Indian concerns.
December 4, 2015
11:24AM
To stimulate economic growth, Chief Bear knew he had to get his community out from under the archaic Indian Act land provisions.
November 18, 2015
3:00AM
Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld an earlier B.C. Court of Appeal ruling that will allow the Nechako Nations to bring forward a damages claim against Rio Tinto, an aluminum industry giant.
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