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Pipelines key to raising living standards in remote, poor Indigenous communities – Fraser Institute
June 11, 2019 CALGARY—A large number of small, remote and fairly poor First Nations in British Columbia and Alberta support pipelines because they stand to gain substantially from them, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Pipelines can be economic lifelines for many remote Indigenous […]
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Blood Tribe Elder coming to the Hat to speak out against upcoming federal government policy – Medicine Hat News
April 25, 2019 A Blood Tribe Elder is hosting a talk Saturday at Medicine Hat College about upcoming developments in relations between Indigenous peoples and the federal government. Ross Cross Child says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is following in his father’s footsteps by attempting to assimilate Indigenous people, as Pierre Elliott Trudeau did with his […]
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Fraser Institute: Ontario plummets in annual ranking of mining investment attractiveness; four other Canadian jurisdictions among top 10 worldwide
February 28, 2019 CALGARY—Saskatchewan is the world’s third most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment, while Ontario fades in the eyes of mining investors amid increased regulatory uncertainty and concerns about disputed land claims, finds the latest Annual Survey of Mining Companies released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “The […]
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Government spending will not increase the wealth of First Nations – The Globe and Mail
Tom Flanagan is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary and a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute, which is publishing his new book, The Wealth of First Nations Adam Smith wrote in his 1776 book, The Wealth of Nations, that the “propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another […]
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AUMA: Province defers the renewal of the First Nations and Metis Settlements consultation policies
January 30, 2019 In September 2018, AUMA informed members about its advocacy on the province’s plans to update the policies that guide how First Nations and Métis Settlements are consulted regarding the development of land and natural resources. After three years of stakeholder engagement, Alberta Indigenous Relations released a discussion guide in November that proposed four immediate amendments to […]
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Federal policies undermine Indigenous dental health – Policy Options
October 5, 2018 The government’s Indigenous dental health program is ignoring the role its policies played in causing Indigenous-non-Indigenous dental health disparities. Starting in 2016, a Cree child’s struggle to get braces became national news. Thirteen-year-old Josey Willier from the Sucker Creek First Nation suffered from chronic pain from her crooked teeth. Her dentist said […]
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Opinion: Canada’s resource sector under legislative assault – Edmonton Journal
July 30, 2018 The Trudeau government has proposed well-intentioned policies to “rebuild public trust and advance Indigenous reconciliation” while advancing “good projects” to ensure energy resources “get to markets responsibly.” Regrettably, such high-sounding ideals have led to intense controversies over regulatory policies that initially centred on the National Energy Board (NEB) but which have spiralled […]
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Breakenridge: Policy change should grow appreciation of public art – Calgary Herald
As the Bowfort Towers public art project sinks deeper into a morass of controversy and confusion, overshadowing the completion of the very interchange it adorns, a glimmer of hope has emerged that some sanity and common sense might ultimately prevail on this matter. Calgary’s public art furor did not begin with the bizarre concoction of […]
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The Value of Tax Exemptions On First Nations Reserves – FCPP
All Canadian provinces face mounting health expenditures, owing in part to smoking. Yet, tobacco products sold on First Nations reserves is not subject to taxes, unlike off-reserve sales. Even though exemptions are not enshrined in the Indian Act, the constitution, or in any treaty, they are no federal tax on tobacco on reserves. According to […]
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Senate Committee Endorses Northern Corridor Concept – School of Public Policy Proposal To Radically Reshape Infrastructure and Transportation in Canada
CALGARY, June 26, 2017 – Last week, the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce issued a report on Canadian’s infrastructure future called National Corridor: Enhancing and Facilitating Commerce and Internal Trade. The report calls for the construction of an east-west corridor through Canada’s northern regions. According to a Senate news release, “The idea is […]
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