This is the Catholic Church’s version of the Epstein files. These records must not be destroyed. We must not allow a coverup of such magnitude. The parallels in these attempts to hide history and crimes against children are eery.
Highways 11 and 17 are dangerously outdated and this is a major project begging for support. The infrastructure of the east-west corridor is critical infrastructure. Imagine the support: First Nations, local communities in northern Ontario, ambulance drivers and trucking firms.
An easy win for the prime minister to show his commitment to Indigenous inclusion is to name an Indigenous individual to be our next Governor General. We have thousands of years of experience in diplomacy and relationship-building, and we need to be part of whatever comes next.
Call me a dreamer, but this winter solstice season I’m practising hope that 2026 is the year Canada recognizes its strength and credibility as a democracy rests on reconciliation.
The Thomas King books are already boxed up to go. I’m left with sadness and anger that pretendians continue to take space and voice and harm us. But that’s what fraud is. I am also left with a renewed thankfulness for authentic authors like Tanya Talaga, Wab Kinew, Robert Joseph and Robin Wall Kimmerer.
In looking to fast-track amendments to Bill S-2, Senators were upholding the rights of First Nations women, and there is nothing racist about that—period.
The Non-Insured Health Benefits program covers less than provincial and territorial health care, even though the Canada Health Act stipulates that Canadians will have roughly equivalent care across the country.
The premier in Quebec wants to outlaw prayer in public. It sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch, but it isn’t.
‘Maple MAGA’ in Canada is a real thing, too. The movement that will break American democracy is also in our backyards.
The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with people and management expertise. That’s how we modernize this government.
The global economy and Canada’s part in it is worth some focus, for sure. But one has to wonder if climate change in this very pivotal time will be eclipsed by big economy.
If this session of Parliament cannot or will not include Indigenous Peoples across every single department and policy, then reconciliation will surely die on your watch. Stand your ground to ensure Indigenous inclusion is the legacy of the 45th session of Parliament.
It’s obvious that the goal of this tyrannous Trump administration is to break government and democracy. There won’t be any ‘going back.’ We need to do the best we can to move beyond the frozen horror, and get to doing the work to protect democracy here and abroad with all allies we can find.
When Canadians have pride in each other, we are unstoppable because of the strength of our shared sense of spirit.
The residential schools system was a genocide, and Indigenous Peoples don’t need more hatred today. For the love of this country, all political party candidates should have basic knowledge of what Canada did to its Indigenous Peoples.
Beware of any checklist or simplistic approach to defining identity. Indigenous identity is complicated.
