National interest should include the rights of Indigenous women

Bill C-5 is a major setback to reconciliation and the path to ending violence against Indigenous women and girls.

A group of First Nations youth gather outside the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que. on July 17, 2025, calling on the government to respect treaty rights and oppose Bill C-5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PAMELA PALMATER

September 29, 2025

TORONTO—This year’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is marred by the One Canadian Economy Act, which allows the federal government to fast-track major projects deemed to be in the so-called “national interest," attempting to bypass the constitutional...

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