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Who was Barbara Mitchell?

Mai 27, 2023 4:30AM

Canadian taxpayers not consulted about massive reparations to First Nations people

Canadian taxpayers not consulted about massive reparations to First Nations people

The largest settlement to date is $43.3 billion for children on reserves taken into foster care by welfare authorities.

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judicial settlements, first nations, aboriginal claims, aboriginal funding, first nations spending

Juin 28, 2022 1:00AM

Indigenous Spending in Budget 2022

Indigenous Spending in Budget 2022

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indigenous, aboriginal funding, aboriginal spending, indigenous spending, first nations spending, judicial settlements

Février 20, 2019 1:00AM

Wealth of First Nations (2019)

Wealth of First Nations

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first nation, first nations community, first nations, canadian first nations, first nations spending

Mars 30, 2016 3:00AM

Infrastructure spending OK, but that’s not what the Liberals proposed

Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis

It’s fairly clear that most of the budget's ‘infrastructure’ spending is not aimed at improving Canada’s roads, bridges and highways.

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federal budget, Justin Trudeau, bill morneau, infrastructure spending, first nations spending

Décembre 29, 2015 2:55PM

Federal government rewards chiefs, First Nations bands for lack of transparency

Carolyn Bennett, the minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, says her government won’t enforce the First Nations Transparency Act.

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first nations transparency act, first nation prosperity, first nations spending, federal transfers to first nations, indian act

Décembre 21, 2015 10:39AM

Minister cites non-reasons to walk away from the First Nations Transparency Act

Canada's federal government alone spends more than $10 billion annually on aboriginal issues.

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first nations spending, aboriginal spending, chief salaries, first nations transparency act

Décembre 15, 2014 10:00AM

Democracy in First Nations communities requires an informed electorate

In a letter to Richard Price in 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote "whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." In other words, an informed electorate possesses the knowledge to hold their government accountable.

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democracy in first nations sommunities, first nations democracy, first nations transparency act, first nations financial statesments, first nations spending, federal transfers to first nations, aboriginal issues, first nations chiefs salaries, canadian first nations