In Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that Quebec breached the honour of the Crown in its negotiation of a funding agreement with the government of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, and awarded the First Nation damages equal to the amount of the funding deficit created by Quebec’s breach. This case …
Last week, on November 14th, Māori Member of Parliament Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke rose in the Aotearoa (New Zealand) Parliament to vote on a proposed Treaty Principles Bill. Opposing the proposed law, she tore the bill in half and led a haka alongside members of her party, Te Pāti Māori. The haka, a traditional Māori expression of …
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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?
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