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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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First Nations in Ontario challenging routine maintenance of pipeline system
Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, March 7, 2017 In 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada created the “duty to consult.” The setting was British Columbia, where aboriginal title had never been ceded by treaty. The ruling made sense in that context ...
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Anti-pipeline activists using ‘duty to consult’ in multi-million dollar lawsuit
The Aroland and Ginoogaming First Nations, located north of Thunder Bay, are challenging routine maintenance work on the Canadian Mainline, which carries natural gas from western to eastern Canada. Authorized by cabinet in 1956, this ...
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Why First Nations succeed in Canada
Appeared in the Globe and Mail, November 2, 2016 Although the living standard of most First Nations still lags behind the Canadian average, many are finding ways to improve conditions for their members. We can measure communities’ standard of living by ...
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Why First Nations Succeed
The status of Canada’s First Nations is widely debated, but the debate is often based on abstract visions rather than actual evidence. Against the backdrop of the world-wide research findings on governance and economic progress, this paper marshals the ...
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First Nations’ right to be consulted not a right to veto energy projects
Appeared in the Globe and Mail, September 30, 2016 A new opponent of pipelines has announced its existence—the Treaty Alliance against Tar Sands Expansion. It consists of more than 50 Canadian First Nations, mostly from Quebec and British Columbia, plus a ...