It’s time to ensure Indigenous representation in Canadian institutions

We need an Indigenous governor general, and a set number of Senators, MPs, and Supreme Court judges representing Canada’s first peoples.

Gar Pardy says Canada needs more First Ministers’ Meetings like this one, in December 2016, that included representatives of Canada’s Métis (Métis National Council president Clément Chartier, far left) First Nations (Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, far right), and Inuit (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed, next to Mr. Bellegarde) leaders, alongside the prime minister, centre, and provincial and territorial premiers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

April 6, 2018

OTTAWA—There is nothing sacrosanct about governmental structures. They are no more “divine” than past rulers who sought celestial sanction. Canada’s structure of bilateral federalism, with the provinces and Ottawa having separate and overlapping sovereign powers, is a reflection of 19t...

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