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First Nations built the first North American economy—it’s time Canada recognized that

  • Partnership with Indigenous Peoples from the beginning of the CUSMA review would be a clear step towards economic reconciliation.
Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | November 12, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney gives opening remarks at the First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17. If CUSMA doesn’t respect the first economies of North America, then it is not working for Canada either, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First Nations built the first North American economy—it’s time Canada recognized that

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | November 12, 2025
  • Partnership with Indigenous Peoples from the beginning of the CUSMA review would be a clear step towards economic reconciliation.

First Nations built the first North American economy—it’s time Canada recognized that

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | November 12, 2025
  • Partnership with Indigenous Peoples from the beginning of the CUSMA review would be a clear step towards economic reconciliation.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney gives opening remarks at the First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17. If CUSMA doesn’t respect the first economies of North America, then it is not working for Canada either, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time for a public national first ministers’ meeting with First Nations

  • This meeting cannot be symbolic. It must focus on First Nations priorities—not just federal and provincial talking points.
Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | July 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers opening remarks on July 17 to open his First Nations summit on Bill C-5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time for a public national first ministers’ meeting with First Nations

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | July 25, 2025
  • This meeting cannot be symbolic. It must focus on First Nations priorities—not just federal and provincial talking points.

Time for a public national first ministers’ meeting with First Nations

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | July 25, 2025
  • This meeting cannot be symbolic. It must focus on First Nations priorities—not just federal and provincial talking points.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers opening remarks on July 17 to open his First Nations summit on Bill C-5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time to end Canada’s control over First Nations identity

  • Despite promises to gradually transfer control of status registration to First Nations, there is no roadmap, no new funding model, and no accountability.
Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | July 7, 2025
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. First Nations cannot be the only group held back by outdated legislation, and an unaccountable bureaucracy, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time to end Canada’s control over First Nations identity

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | July 7, 2025
  • Despite promises to gradually transfer control of status registration to First Nations, there is no roadmap, no new funding model, and no accountability.

It’s time to end Canada’s control over First Nations identity

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | July 7, 2025
  • Despite promises to gradually transfer control of status registration to First Nations, there is no roadmap, no new funding model, and no accountability.
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. First Nations cannot be the only group held back by outdated legislation, and an unaccountable bureaucracy, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Locked out of our own treaty relationship: First Nations deserve more than ceremonial words

  • The Treaties remain in force, yet First Nations continue to be denied land restitution, revenue sharing, and authority over our children, laws, and economies.
Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | May 27, 2025
King Charles
King Charles
The King walks freely on lands his ancestors claimed without consent—while the descendants of this land’s original Nations remain locked out of the very relationship the Crown claims to honour, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Locked out of our own treaty relationship: First Nations deserve more than ceremonial words

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | May 27, 2025
  • The Treaties remain in force, yet First Nations continue to be denied land restitution, revenue sharing, and authority over our children, laws, and economies.

Locked out of our own treaty relationship: First Nations deserve more than ceremonial words

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | May 27, 2025
  • The Treaties remain in force, yet First Nations continue to be denied land restitution, revenue sharing, and authority over our children, laws, and economies.
King Charles
The King walks freely on lands his ancestors claimed without consent—while the descendants of this land’s original Nations remain locked out of the very relationship the Crown claims to honour, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Crown must answer for the theft of Rupert’s Land

  • The King must recognize the original dishonour: the unlawful alienation of our lands, and the exclusion of our Peoples from decisions that have shaped
Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | May 22, 2025
King Charles III must take action—not through symbolic visits or ceremonial words, but by walking the difficult path of accountability, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Crown must answer for the theft of Rupert’s Land

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | May 22, 2025
  • The King must recognize the original dishonour: the unlawful alienation of our lands, and the exclusion of our Peoples from decisions that have shaped

The Crown must answer for the theft of Rupert’s Land

Opinion | BY KYRA WILSON | May 22, 2025
  • The King must recognize the original dishonour: the unlawful alienation of our lands, and the exclusion of our Peoples from decisions that have shaped
King Charles III must take action—not through symbolic visits or ceremonial words, but by walking the difficult path of accountability, writes Grand Chief Kyra Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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