The case for an Indigenous Party in Canada

We shouldn’t have to negotiate or fight for the basics that other Canadians receive. But if we don’t do it, who will?

Demonstrators supporting the Wetʼsuwetʼen nation against the building of the Costal Gasoline pipeline through their traditional territory march in Ottawa on February 24, 2020. A federal Indigenous Party could strengthen the voice of Indigenous people in the House of Commons, writes Rose Lemay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

September 7, 2020

OTTAWA—What about a new political structure to bring about change—the Indigenous Party? The federal Māori Party in New Zealand started in 2004 on the spectrum close to the Greens, plus Indigenous rights. It hit a recent peak of influence in 2011-2015 when it partnered with the National Party (...

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