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The New Impact Assessment Regime: Cooperation Agreements, the Return of Provincial Power & Discretionary Indigenous Rights

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Following Canada’s push for accelerated resource development, new “Cooperation Agreements” between the federal and provincial governance promise faster approvals for industry. In this Brief, Hayden King examines these agreements and finds that there are trade-offs for efficiency and coordination. This approach hands more authority to provincial governments, many already facing criticism for weak environmental oversight and inadequate consultation with Indigenous communities, and raises concerns about how Indigenous rights will be respected when the federal government abdicates its responsibilites.

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Reflections on “Rupture”: Mark Carney’s New World Order & an Indigenous Response

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech in Davos earlier this month received a rare standing ovation from the World Economic Forum. But in his comments to build an alternative system, insulated from great powers, he inadvertently described the Crown-Indigenous relationship, echoing the long-standing dynamics of power and exclusion that shape that relationship. In this Brief, Janna Wale and Michaela M. McGuire (Jaad Gudgihljiwah) expose this connection and ask what this means for Indigenous Peoples (who have long demanded a seat at the table – as opposed to being on the menu) to create a different kind of rupture in our own relationships, within and among Indigenous nations.

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Colonization is not Good Work: Entanglements of Public Service Labour, Budget Cuts & “Indian Departments”

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The 2025 Federal Budget made cuts to Crown Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Services Canada. While Indigenous leaders and unions protested the reductions, Shady Hafez offers some perspective: these “Indian Departments” are tasked with administering colonization. Considering their history and many recent failures, these departments should face cuts and those resources allocated directly to communities instead. Additionally, public sector unions must reconcile their calls for justice for Indigenous people with their ongoing support of a colonial bureaucracy.

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