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1. 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” ...

2. 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 ...

3. Gaining Ground, Losing Ground: First Nations' Community Well-Being in the 21st Century

   In May 2019, the Government of Canada released the tables for the Community Well-Being Index (CWB) based on the 2016 census. This provides an opportunity to revisit the issue of First Nations’ standard of living and quality of life. Some First Nations ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. Despite claims to the contrary, B.C. bill does not include First Nation veto over resource development

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, December 3, 2018 The British Columbia Legislative Assembly recently gave first reading to Bill 51, the NDP government’s new Environmental Assessment Act. It does not recognize the veto over resource development that many ...

10. The Costs of the Canadian Government's Reconciliation Framework for First Nations

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made reconciliation with Indigenous peoples a leading objective of his government. This publication attempts to identify the budgetary costs of the policy measures associated with Trudeau’s “Reconciliation Framework,” as ...