Building Canada back better: charting a new path

It goes without saying that this opportunity requires the leadership of our prime minister, who has committed to implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples, which is the foundation from which this path forward must be charted.

Demonstrators, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2020, supporting the Wetʼsuwetʼen nation against the building of the Coastal Gasoline pipeline. While the COVID-19 pandemic markedly highlights the fault lines in our society, there are signs, despite the darkness, of lasting hope. Together we have an opportunity to define the path towards a new enlightenment, writes AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PERRY BELLEGARDE

June 15, 2020

Every crisis opens a door to a new-normal, a trajectory into unknown territory. While the COVID-19 pandemic markedly highlights the fault lines in our society, there are signs, despite the darkness, of lasting hope. Together we have an opportunity to define the path towards a new enlightenment. His...

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