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…
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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…
Standing committee waiting for UNDRIP bill as groups accuse Conservatives of stalling
The chair of the Senate Aboriginal Affairs committee says the sooner Bill C-262 gets through…
Women leaders rip Ottawa for not ending Indian Act discrimination
Women leaders were in Ottawa Tuesday demanding an end to sex discrimination in the Indian…
CAP turns to a Senate committee after multiple snubs from federal government
After being left off the guest list at a number of meetings between the federal government and other national Indigenous organizations, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) has decided it will turn to the Senate for help.
First Nations, Metis and Inuit Youth help Indigenize the Senate
First Nations, Metis and Inuit Youth Indigenized the Senate Wednesday. Nine youth leaders testified…
Discrimination in the Indian Act that must be dealt with says minister
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says more work is needed to rid the Indian Act…
Senate committee studies cannabis legislation and implications for First Nation, Metis and Inuit communities
A law that will soon legalize cannabis is winding its way through the Senate. On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples continued its study of Bill C-45 and how it relates to Indigenous communities.