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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 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  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. 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 ...

  7. Community capitalism flowering among some First Nations

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, November 21, 2017 We hear lots of bad news about Indigenous people in Canada, but we should not overlook the success stories. One such piece of good news is that community capitalism is flowering among First Nations who are ...

  8. Bending the Curve: Recent Developments in Government Spending on First Nations

    How much money are governments spending on Indigenous peoples? How have these amounts been changing over time? How effective is the spending? This is the third in a series of Fraser Institute studies of these questions. This paper extends the previous ...

  9. Assigning benefits on the basis of heredity is not compatible with liberal democracy

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, June 23, 2017 In the wake of National Aboriginal Day, it’s worth reflecting on how the feminist movement affects the character of the aboriginal (or indigenous) population. Under the Indian Act, membership in Indian bands, ...

  10. Incentives, Identity, and the Growth of Canada's Indigenous Population

    Statistics Canada has reported unprecedented growth in Canada’s Indigenous population (Indian, Métis, and Inuit). Over the 25 years from 1986 to 2011, it grew from 373,265 to 1,400,685, an increase of 275%, while the population of Canada increased by only ...