Canada’s colonial grip on the North needs to end

A real push for reconciliation requires Indigenous people having political and economic self-determination.

Unilateral federal decisions, such as those coming from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, pictured in 2015, affect the economic interests of northern Canadians, says N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod. The Hill Times file photo

Opinion

BY NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PREMIER BOB MCLEOD

October 25, 2017

Earlier this month, I stood before a crowd in Reykjavik, Iceland, at the 2017 Artic Circle Assembly and again called for a strong vision for Canada’s North from our federal government. There is a lot of talk in Canada about reconciliation with Indigenous people right now. This is good news for a ...

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