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  1. 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 ...

  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. Property Rights and Prosperity: A Case Study of Westbank First Nation

    First Nations people living on Indian reserves are the most disadvantaged segment of Canada’s Indigenous population. Yet the situation is not all bleak because some First Nations are finding a path toward prosperity. Scholars, like journalists, often ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Canadian governments damaging opportunities for First Nations

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, March 1, 2018 Located in northern Alberta in the heart of the oilsands, the Fort McKay First Nation is an outstanding example of community capitalism in action. Its business portfolio generates gross revenue of about $500 ...

  8. The Community Capitalism of the Fort McKay First Nation: A Case Study

    “Community capitalism” is the term used here to describe a politico-economic system in which a First Nation uses its assets (land, location, natural resources, and money) to generate income and provide social services for its members. The Fort McKay First ...

  9. Métis self-government in Canada is a non-starter

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, September 12, 2017 The Liberal electoral strategy in the 2015 campaign included striking promises to attract the aboriginal vote. Thus Justin Trudeau pledged to negotiate self-government and land-claims with the “Métis ...

  10. The Debate about Métis Aboriginal Rights—Demography, Geography, and History

    In the 2015 federal election campaign, the Liberal Party promised to engage in “nation to nation” negotiations with the “Métis Nation” to establish Métis self-government and to settle unresolved land claims. Discussions are now under way with the ...