Reconciliation is action, not just words

Closing the infrastructure gap requires more than land acknowledgements that don’t address truth, Treaties, or commitments.

Indigenous leadership regularly engages with businesses and governments with solutions to infrastructure needs, which are regularly disregarded, writes Michelle Robinson. Unsplash photograph by Tim Foster

Opinion

BY MICHELLE ROBINSON

June 18, 2025

Indigenous Peoples in Canada have fought for the Crown against Americans since 1812. It seems today, the American threats are pushing Canadians to look towards a new nation-building strategy, yet much is missing on the topic of how Indigenous inclusion—in a time of reconci...

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