BC First Nations perform shaming ceremony on Parliament Hill
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On Sunday, a prominent First Nation artist and hereditary Chief from BC performed a recently revived shaming ceremony on Parliament Hill.
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Conservative MPs tried to silence inquiry call from Manitoba chief
OTTAWA–Conservative MPs on the Status of Women committee tried to silence a Manitoba chief when she mentioned the need for a public inquiry into the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women.
Parliamentary committee’s report on violence against Indigenous women ‘sanitized’
APTN National News OTTAWA–The Conservative MPs on the House of Commons special committee on violence…
IWFA witnesses appeal for a nationwide Toll free number for victims of violence
By Maike Eikelmann APTN National News The First Nations Chief of police made a…
Debate around Senator Brazeaus suspension
Three Senators are waiting to hear whether they will be suspended without pay for the rest of this parliamentary session.
Throne Speech: Canada founded by "pioneers" who forged country "where none would have otherwise existed"
Prime Minister Stephen Harper continued his efforts to refashion the Canadian mythology by describing a country founded by “pioneers” in a Throne Speech delivered Wednesday that treated pressing First Nation issues as an afterthought.
Special parliamentary committee on missing, murdered Indigenous women at centre of House of Commons procedural battle
The fate of a special parliamentary committee created to study the high rate of murdered and missing Indigenous women is at the centre of a procedural battle between the Harper government and opposition parties.
Parliament prorogued, resumes Oct. 16
-Parliament will return in October with a speech from the throne following Friday morning’s official prorogation of Parliament.
MP spending released
Conservative MP Rob Clarke is the biggest spender of all the Aboriginal MPs on Parliament Hill according to the annual fiscal report released by the federal government this week.