Framework needed for corporate-First Nations deals, including government’s role

Governments are not absolved of their legal fiduciary duties to Indigenous people whenever industry approaches First Nations.

Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett's mandate letter tasks her to 'modernize our institutional structure and governance so that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples can build capacity that supports implementation of their vision of self-determination.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LORRAINE REKMANS

June 17, 2019

The economic, social, and environmental well-being of a community, Indigenous rights to resources, the duty of consultation, and government and corporate social responsibility are all connected. The problem is, there is nothing institutional to tie them all together. This month, De Beers Canada w...

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