How to optimize economic reconciliation through natural resource investment and beyond? Create an Indigenous Development Bank
A new pathway is required, shifting away from heavy reliance on budgetary funding and subsidies, and toward more innovative resource mobilization and access to capital.
Reconciliation or repetition? Carney’s first moves on Indigenous rights face scrutiny
Whether the prime minister’s early steps mark a genuine shift or simply another cycle of political performance will define Mark Carney’s reconciliation legacy.
What do we stand to gain?
When Canada stops seeing Indigenous Peoples in the negative and begins to understand and appreciate their strengths, values, cultural knowledge, and ceremonial practices, acceptance and respect can grow.
Working with First Nations on an Indigenous fire stewardship protocol could go a long way
Practices like prescribed burns must be incorporated within federal and provincial strategies and leveraged not only for First Nations, but also for land across the country.
Here’s why Canada should say ‘no’ to LNG
Canada has the opportunity to lead in the global clean energy transition, not to follow outdated energy playbooks.
With Indigenous relations taking on an economic lens, consultation will be key, say academics, orgs
Indigenous Peoples have understandable concerns about whether the hunger for natural resources could be used as an excuse by the federal government to circumvent its duty to consult, says professor Gabriel Maracle.
Bill C-5 grants ‘superpowers’ never before seen in ‘environmental law history’: Bloc critic Patrick Bonin
The One Canadian Economy Act is being rammed through the House via a ‘non-democratic’ process and would result in governmental overreach, say the Bloc Québécois, who plan to vote against the bill.
The markets are hungry for Canadian cod. Will we deliver?
With a decision from the fisheries minister expected any day now, the global and local realities of northern cod are aligning to create a well-timed economic opportunity.
Canada must lead in the age of AI
With its pioneering AI history and commitment to global leadership, Canada must help chart a course for much needed, practical governance.
What we choose to build
For Canada to compete in a more precarious world, we need to stop treating our post-secondary institutions as credential vending machines.
