Beyond promises: Canada’s duty to fund Indigenous education

The choice is clear: continue the cycle of underfunding and inequity or invest in a future where Indigenous learners thrive, communities prosper, and Canada grows stronger. The federal government has a constitutional duty to act, and the time is now.

Crown-Indigenous Services Minister Rebecca Alty, second left, pictured with Canada-U.S. Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali, Women and Gender Equity Minister Rechie Valdez, Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski, Government Transformation Minister Joël Lightbound, and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY MARSHA JOSEPHS

May 26, 2025

Education is considered the great equalizer, a pathway to opportunity and prosperity. Yet for many Indigenous learners in Canada, the pathway remains obstructed by systemic underfunding.

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