Why government’s aversion to risk impacts Indigenous Peoples the most

CIRNAC and ISC must be forced to actually get the money out the door to Indigenous communities because this is the rare case in which federal spending done poorly actually leads to lost lives.

As a part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's, right, spending review of government operations, departments that serve Indigenous Peoples—including Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada led by Minister Rebecca Alty, left—must be required to fulfill their spending obligations and "get the money out the door," writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

July 14, 2025

Our military can’t buy boats, planes, or guns because of many years of procurement fiascos. Our hospitals are closing emergency wards due to not having enough doctors or nurses, yet internationally trained professionals can’t get accredited. First Nations can’t get mon...

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