Why is the split of INAC in line with the federal government’s neoliberal agenda? How does the restructuring of INAC support Canada to continue avoiding responsibility to First Nations?
There is no question that the Indian Act must go. Its assimilation provisions, restrictions on mobility, violating nearly every treaty, aggressive patriarchy, and the dismantling of authentic First Nation governance models is all well documented. So the question becomes which path do we take from here?
How do the new Liberal government initiatives affect aboriginal title in British Columbia?
This brief highlights some of the issues with the new Rights Framework as it pertains the Mi’kmaq and what is known as the Made-In-Nova Scotia Process (Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative (MRI) Negotiations).
Based in the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University.