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  1. Fiscal Explosion: Federal Spending on Indigenous Programs, 2015–2022

    Previous studies published by Fraser Institute have documented the remarkable long-term rise in federal spending on Indigenous programs since the end of World War II. Since the election of the Liberal government headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in ...

  2. First Nations make common cause with petroleum industry in own self-interest

    As environmental opposition threatens their royalties and jobs, many First Nations have teamed up with the petroleum industry. ...

  3. First Nations and the Petroleum Industry—from Conflict to Cooperation

    There are many signs of growing cooperation between First Nations and the oil and gas industry. Production of hydrocarbons on reserve land is economically important to dozens of First Nations. Although a few First Nations opposed the Northern Gateway, TMX ...

  4. More spending on Indigenous communities won’t solve chronic problems

    Appeared in the National Post, January 26, 2021 From the fiscal crisis of the mid-1990s to the end of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government in 2015, federal spending on Indigenous programs grew at a compound annual rate of 2.5 per cent in inflation ...

  5. Promise and Performance: Recent Trends in Government Expenditures on Indigenous Peoples

    If better-funded government programs were the answer to Indigenous poverty, we would have seen the results by now. Between 1981 and 2016, federal spending on Indigenous programming was multiplied by more than four times, yet the gap in the average ...

  6. Trudeau government bill may grant First Nations veto power over pipelines and other projects

    Appeared in the National Post, December 19, 2020 Federal Minister of Justice David Lametti recently unveiled Bill C-15, whose purpose is to authorize a three-year plan for taking “all measures necessary to ensure that the laws of Canada are consistent” ...

  7. Government should allow First Nations to freely compete in gaming industry

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, September 29, 2020 In 1985, at a time when Canada was working to reduce regulations in sectors such as telecommunications and air-passenger travel, Parliament amended the Criminal Code to give the provinces jurisdiction ...

  8. Cartels and Casinos: First Nations’ Gaming in Canada

    In 1985, Parliament amended the Criminal Code to give the provinces jurisdiction over gambling. The provinces have used their new jurisdiction to create cartels for their own profit, in which they are either the owners of licensed casinos or take a large ...

  9. Trudeau should learn from B.C. and rethink legislating UN declaration into federal law

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, March 11, 2020 The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) was approved by the UN General Assembly in 2007. Its most controversial feature is a call for “free, prior and informed consent” ...

  10. Squaring the Circle: Adopting UNDRIP in Canada

    The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) was approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. Its most controversial feature is a call for “free, prior, and informed consent” (FPIC) by Indigenous peoples before ...