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1. Two decades later, back where we started: Yale First Nation and the failed treaty process

   The treaty process in British Columbia recently received a major setback as Yale First Nation, a community in southern B.C., put its treaty implementation processes on hold. The  First Nation announced it would be unable to implement its ...

2. Aboriginal rights and private property rights clash in British Columbia

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record, January 29, 2016 The muddy waters of aboriginal land claims and private property rights in British Columbia may have just cleared a little. On Jan. 15, the B.C. government stated its opposition to the Tk’emlups and ...

3. Reforms bear fruit in First Nations community in Saskatchewan

   Despite headlines about poverty and low graduation rates, some First Nations communities in Canada are experiencing success. Consider Whitecap Dakota First Nation, located just outside of Saskatoon. For the past 21 years the community ...

4. A reason to celebrate on National Aboriginal Day

   Appeared in the Regina Leader Post and Huffington Post A small First Nations community called Whitecap Dakota, located just outside of Saskatoon, has a lot to celebrate on National Aboriginal Day. Whitecap Dakota describes itself as a modern and ...

5. Supreme Court may be stifling First Nations prosperity in Canada

   A string of Supreme Court of Canada decisions has created a new range of property rights for First Nations, which they should be able to use to advance their prosperity. However, the decisions also erected barriers to voluntary market ...

6. Saskatchewan attracts mining investment while land-claims disputes damage Ontario and B.C.

   Appeared in the Financial Post The mining industry contributes mightily to Canada’s economic prosperity, adding $54 billion to Canada’s GDP and employing roughly 383,000 Canadians at an average annual salary of more than $110,000 in 2013. But Canada has a ...

7. First Nations but second tier democracy

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press The concept of “democracy” is important to many Canadians. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has received awards identifying him as a “champion of democracy, freedom and human rights” and the government has frequently ...

8. First Nations parents needs a say in First nations education

   Appeared in the Cape Breton Post and Miramichi Leader While the recent federal budget received much attention for its debt and deficit forecasts, a smattering of legislative reforms giving First Nations greater control of on-reserve education went largely ...

9. More money won't solve Aboriginal woes

   Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen If Canadians wonder why little progress has been made in bringing prosperity to First Nations communities, they just received another reminder from an Ottawa-based think tank that reinforces the status quo approach to ...

10. Energy projects offer First Nations road out of poverty

    Appeared in Waterloo Region Record The recent protests in New Brunswick against proposed hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has put a spotlight on the Elsipogtog (Elsi-book-took) First Nation, which has been extremely vocal in its opposition to proposed ...