Rejection of S-3 sets up showdown between House and Senate
Bill S-3 was supposed to fix gender inequality in the Indian Act once and for all. But it doesn’t apply in many situations including if you lost your status before 1985.
Indigenous Affairs
Winnipeg financial firm facing federal probe over ‘potential inappropriate payments’ to First Nation
An ongoing federal financial probe of a Manitoba First Nation’s use of land claim settlement…
RCMP reviewing alleged questionable payments on Peters First Nation
The RCMP is reviewing a large volume of confidential financial documents belonging to Peters First…
APTN opens the books on Peters reserve, finds questionable payments, INAC’s role in question
Peters First Nation’s three-member band council were allocated hundreds of thousands of dollars over a two-year…
Ottawa gives Manitoba chiefs money to study reforming child welfare system
Brittany Hobson APTN National News Canada’s indigenous affairs minister says child welfare needs to be…
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal – Livestream
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will hold three days of hearings into Canada’s non-compliance of a ruling handed down Jan. 26, 2016