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  1. Property rights, not more funding, to help improve housing conditions on First Nations reserves

    Statistics Canada recently released aboriginal fact sheets outlining education, housing and income statistics for aboriginal people in Canada. In regards to housing, the data show that in every province the percentage of on-reserve First ...

  2. Own-source revenue: a non-government source of revenue for aboriginal communities

    Given Prime Minister Trudeau’s vows of a renewed nation-to-nation relationship with Canada’s indigenous peoples, aboriginal issues will likely be a key element in the upcoming federal budget. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) ...

  3. More First Nations recognize benefits of LNG plan in British Columbia

    Energy company TransCanada announced yesterday that it finalized agreements, in support of its Coastal GasLink LNG pipeline project, with two more First Nations in British Columbia—West Moberly First Nation and Nadleh Whut'en First ...

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

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, December 28, 2015 On Friday, the federal government chose to lift sanctions and restore salaries for the 43 First Nation chiefs that were not complying with the First Nations Transparency Act and withholding basic financial ...

  5. Chief Bear and Whitecap Dakota: reconciliation through economic prosperity

    It was announced yesterday that Darcy Bear, Chief of Whitecap Dakota (a small community outside of Saskatoon), has won the 2016 Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business ...

  6. Tsawwassen First Nation’s proposed LNG facility could benefit all British Columbians

    Appeared in the Vancouver Province, November 20, 2015 On Nov. 16, the Tsawwassen First Nation announced its interest in building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on Tsawwassen reserve land, south of Vancouver. The LNG terminal would produce three to ...

  7. Opportunities for First Nation prosperity through oil and gas development

    Over the next decade, more than 600 major resource projects worth approximately $650 billion are planned for Canada. First Nations communities have a unique opportunity to benefit from these developments: every oil and gas project currently proposed in ...