The case for a ‘For Indigenous, By Indigenous’ housing strategy

Urban, rural, and northern Indigenous peoples require a separate strategy that is governed and administered by Indigenous peoples themselves.

Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen—pictured arriving for a cabinet meeting on Jan. 28—is in charge of the federal government’s National Housing Strategy, which Steven Sutherland writes did not adequately address the needs for Indigenous people living in urban, rural and northern areas of Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STEVEN SUTHERLAND

February 5, 2020

OTTAWA—When politicians and commentators discuss Indigenous peoples in Canada, it’s not often recognized that 87 per cent of Indigenous peoples in Canada live in urban, rural, and northern settings. Given that fact, it’s an unfortunate reality that the federal government is not living up to it...

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