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…
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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.
Cannabis concerns, calls for more Indigenous input dominate Senate committee
APTN News A Senate committee debating Bill C-45, the cannabis law, heard from a company…
Remove Nick Beyak from council to ‘promote unity’: Chief
Eagle Lake Chief Arnold Gardner is “deeply disappointed” by comments Nick Beyak made in support of mom.
Beyak engaged in form of ‘genocide denial’ over residential school comments: advocate
APTN News The former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress says a Canadian senator must…