Make Indigenous economic reconciliation a priority

A new fiscal relationship needs to be based on sharing direct revenue raising powers to improve the ability of First Nations as governments to debt finance, improve their infrastructure, and undertake the meaningful investments needed to attract investment.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller is pictured in the West Block on Nov. 16, 2021. The current fiscal relationship for First Nations is largely based on parliamentary appropriations, and not the ability of First Nations to raise their own revenues, write Harold Calla, C.T. Jules, and Ernie Daniels. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY HAROLD CALLA, C.T. JULES, AND ERNIE DANIELS

February 16, 2022

Now that Parliament has reconvened and as its members reflect on our nation’s priorities, it is long past time for meaningful focus on an ignored issue: Canada’s need to move Indigenous economic reconciliation forward. For too long, First Nations and Canada have been fighting in the courts on t...

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