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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. 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 ...

3. How First Nations Benefit from Pipeline Construction

   The highly visible opposition of some British Columbia First Nations to pipeline construction has created the impression that all Indigenous people are opposed to resource development. That impression, however, is false. Forty-three First Nations and ...

4. Wealth of First Nations (2019)

   A higher standard of living for First Nations is a priority for Canadian policy makers. To achieve that goal, it is important to know what works and what doesn't. The Wealth of First Nations provides empirical evidence, based on the achievements of ...

5. Only Parliament can fix Canada's pipeline impasse

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, September 11, 2018 Politicians are scrambling for ways to restart the Trans Mountain pipeline after the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision. Let me offer an explanation of how we arrived at this impasse. What has ...