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1. 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. ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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” ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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” ...

6. Don’t be fooled by ShutDownCanada or misleading claims from dishonest activists

   Appeared in National Newswatch, February 18, 2020 On Tuesday, while activists reportedly tried to “ arrest ” Premier John Horgan at his house in British Columbia, Prime Minister Trudeau spoke to the House of Commons, stressing the need for “ patience ” as ...

7. Struggling First Nations share common characteristics

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, December 18, 2019 Earlier this year the Canadian government released new Community Well-Being (CWB) index numbers based on the 2016 census. It measured a combination of income, employment, housing, and education. One piece ...

8. B.C. First Nation’s prosperity offers important lessons to other First Nations

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, September 17, 2019 First Nations members living on reserves are the most disadvantaged people in Canada, but some First Nations are finding a path toward prosperity. Scholars, like journalists, often focus on bad news, but ...

9. Small number of First Nations thwarting opportunity for many more First Nations

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, June 12, 2019 On June 18, when the federal cabinet discusses whether to proceed with the Trans Mountain pipeline, they should bear in mind the real interests and opinions of First Nations. The highly visible opposition of ...

10. Government spending will not increase the wealth of First Nations

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 20, 2019 Adam Smith wrote in his 1776 book, The Wealth of Nations, that the "propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men.” And indeed, this must be extended to today’s ...