Economic reconciliation: removing the chains that bind First Nations’ main streets

As the fastest growing population in Canada, First Nations young people will be the leaders, entrepreneurs and employees of tomorrow. Now is the time to build a proper relationship that can provide a better future for everyone within Canada’s borders.

Economic reconciliation means that Canada must step out of the way and allow First Nations to create a moderate livelihood from the modern expression of traditional activities, writes AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PERRY BELLEGARDE

June 22, 2020

OTTAWA—There is an old saying, “If you give a person a fish, you feed them for a day. If you teach a person to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” Under the Indian Act, First Nations would add another line, “If you make laws and policies that only allow a person to get fish from you, you eff...

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