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Sutcliffe: Public perception, not money, the main focus of Liberal government
Who wouldn’t want to be Santa Claus, fulfilling the wishes and dreams of everyone who asks? Unfortunately, there’s just one Father Christmas whose only limits are the imaginations of children. For...
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Q&A: Tom Mulcair on the future of NDP
On election day, the NDP dream of forming government in 2015 dissolved. The party finished with 19.7 per cent of the popular vote, lost 59 seats and once more found itself with third-party status. The...
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Speaking truth: Going Home Star follows the reconciliation road
Ten years ago, a Cree elder named Mary Richard approached André Lewis, the artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, with an idea. “She wanted to commission a ballet. She was an aficionado of...
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Papillon: Why we need a new Kelowna Accord
In his maiden budget speech last month, Finance Minister Bill Morneau proudly declared new investments for Indigenous Peoples were “more significant” than what was promised under the defunct Kelowna...
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Piché: Here's how to really address problems at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention...
In a recent op-ed, former Ontario ombudsman André Marin slams the provincial government’s lack of action concerning the disgraceful conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. Not wanting our...
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Editorial: The First Nations' challenge for Canada
An outcry of sorts greeted former prime minister Jean Chrétien’s recent suggestion that the inhabitants of the remote, poverty-stricken community of Attawapiskat might have to move in order to improve...
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Vowel: Move south? Here's what Indigenous Peoples need
One conversation has been happening a lot lately in the media, centring around relocation and how Indigenous Peoples need to assimilate into urban society if we are ever going to be successful. This...
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Reid: Here's hoping the Catholic church does the right thing
Atonement is a concept fundamental to Catholicism. In literal terms, it means to become one with Christ – to reconcile the world of man which, by Christian definition is fallen and flawed, with the...
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Editorial: We'll finally get answers on Canada's missing and murdered women
For a moment, as she was speaking to an audience Wednesday about the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould paused, on the verge of tears....
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Coates: Be prepared to be shocked by what the missing women inquiry uncovers
Canadians are skeptical of commissions of inquiry. These official investigations have a way of punting today’s problems into the future, in the hope that the passage of time will dull the political...
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Editorial: Trudeau's false equivalence on Chinese human rights
The gulf between Canada and China on human rights is vast. This isn’t something that normally needs pointing out, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, insisting he put the boots to the Chinese government...
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Editorial: Steer clear of parliamentary quotas
Canadians, as we argued yesterday in a somewhat different context, have made strides in their attitudes toward our country’s indigenous population. From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the...
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TRC: 'Everyone in authority' knew of poor conditions at residential schools
More than 3,000 aboriginal children died at residential schools, often of causes that could have been prevented, and the failures of those responsible for properly safeguarding the students bordered on...
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Commission wants inquiry into missing indigenous women to be wide-ranging
An upcoming public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women must explore a range of possible causes, including the role of gangs and the international sex trade, says the Truth and...
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TRC report: Residential school history lives on in policies that still harm...
Modern-day Canada is perpetuating the mistakes that led to the creation of the often-abusive aboriginal residential schools more than a century ago by policies that still harm indigenous people, an...
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission: what's in the final report
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report into the history of Canada’s residential school system will be released today in Ottawa. The commission released its summary report in June, with...
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Trudeau says Canada must accept 'failings' on aboriginal residential schools
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged that Canada will fully accept its “failings” in the century-long saga in which thousands of aboriginal children were sent to residential schools, where many...
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Trudeau will raise residential school apology in 'conversation' with Pope...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he can’t force the Pope to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system, but will “directly” raise the issue with him in an upcoming...
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Op-Ed: Indigenous studies is central to liberal arts education in Canada
The universities of Winnipeg and Lakehead recently announced plans to integrate compulsory indigenous-focused courses across their programs. Critics have objected to these proposals, claiming that...
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Sutcliffe: Public perception, not money, the main focus of Liberal government
Who wouldn’t want to be Santa Claus, fulfilling the wishes and dreams of everyone who asks? Unfortunately, there’s just one Father Christmas whose only limits are the imaginations of children. For...
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