Language and child welfare bills pass as MPs head home for the summer
APTN News Two pieces of legislation dealing with First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples were…
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Pressure mounts on Conservatives poised to kill Indigenous rights legislation
A coalition of churches has added its voice to the growing chorus of support for…
Federal Indigenous child welfare reform bill one step closer to becoming law
The federal government’s proposed changes to the First Nation, Metis and Inuit child welfare system…
UNDRIP bill caught up in Senate dispute amid Conservative protest
Justin Brake Todd Lamirande APTN News The Senate must pass Bill C-262. That was the…
Conservatives on cusp of killing Indigenous rights legislation, C-262
Conservative senators are on the brink of thwarting Parliament’s attempt to bring Canada’s laws in…
Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous people
The Senate’s ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay for…
Fireworks erupt during Senate hearing on the environment in Winnipeg
The Senate’s environment committee was interrupted by an environmental group that claimed the senators were…
Chief hopes Senate committee sees link between resource development, violence
“Women feel that it is their word against their perpetrators.”
Best interest of the child needs to be re-defined, before passing Bill C-92 says child advocate
A child advocate who is testifying before Canada’s Senate says the best interest of the…