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Righting one of B.C.’s longest standing racist wrongs

British Columbia’s new legislature should grant B.C.’s First Peoples the right to directly elect their own MLAs as part of its pledge to enact electoral reform and offer potential lessons for Ottawa.

Opinion
BY PAUL H. LEMAY
August 7, 2017

Opinion | BY PAUL H. LEMAY | August 7, 2017

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On big issues like land claims, Canada litigates rather than reconciles with First Nations, or sends in the RCMP

Looking forward to National Day of Reconciliation

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Doctrine of Discovery ‘permeates throughout’ Canadian system, says former head of Indigenous Bar Association

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What are you celebrating on National Indigenous Day?

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Indigenous advocates won’t turn down visit by UN special rapporteur, but are focused on need for criminal prosecution for residential school abuses

Indigenous advocates won’t turn down visit by UN special rapporteur, but are focused on need for criminal prosecution for residential school abuses

On big issues like land claims, Canada litigates rather than reconciles with First Nations, or sends in the RCMP

On big issues like land claims, Canada litigates rather than reconciles with First Nations, or sends in the RCMP

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Righting one of B.C.’s longest standing racist wrongs

British Columbia’s new legislature should grant B.C.’s First Peoples the right to directly elect their own MLAs as part of its pledge to enact electoral reform and offer potential lessons for Ottawa.

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