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The Elbows are Up: Ontario’s “Special Economic Zones” and Indigenous Rights

Hayden King / June 5, 2025

This week, despite clear opposition from Indigenous leaders, Ontario passed Bill C-5, a sweeping piece of legislation that weakens environmental protections and undermines the Duty to Consult. By creating “Special Economic Zones” and exempting major projects like the Eagle’s Nest Mine from assessment, the province has taken a significant step toward sidelining Indigenous rights and public oversight.

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The Indigenous Justice Strategy: “Progressive and Transformative Reform”?

Kanatase Horn / May 21, 2025

In this Brief, Patricia Johnson-Castle examines how capitalist policy frameworks continue to shape life in Inuit Nunangat — often at odds with Inuit ways of living and community responsibility. She asks what it would mean to stop adapting Southern “solutions” and instead imagine public policy that reflects the realities, values, and scale of the North..

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Not So Grand Plans: The Continued Erasure of Indigenous Rights in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Hydroelectric ‘Development’

Jessica Penney / June 10, 2021

In this Brief, Johnson-Castle and Penney, argue that Newfoundland and Labrador’s continued push to advance hydroelectric development – not under the auspices of recovery from COVID-19 – is in disregard of Indigenous rights and title, and risks compounding social, health and economic impacts for the whole region.

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Historic and Underwhelming: An Indigenous Analysis of Budget 2021

Riley Yesno / April 26, 2021

While the Federal 2021 budget has boasted of increased investment in Indigenous communities, Riley Yesno argues that it falls short of what is neccesary to transform systems of inequity and fulfill commitments to Indigenous communities.

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The Elbows are Up: Ontario’s “Special Economic Zones” and Indigenous Rights

Not So Grand Plans: The Continued Erasure of Indigenous Rights in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Hydroelectric ‘Development’

Historic and Underwhelming: An Indigenous Analysis of Budget 2021

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