https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/podcast150612-reconciliation-restitution.mp3 The summary report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was released last week. The work of the Commission took seven years, gathering public and private testimony from survivors and families of survivors of Canada’s state- and Church-sanctioned residential school system—a system that forcibly removed from families,
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Political Eh-conomy: Podcast: First Nations and the political economy of land
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/podcast-150306-first-nations.mp3 This episode looks at the political economy of land in Canada and the Canadian state’s relationship with First Nations as mediated by land. I’m happy to bring together two guests who deal extensively with these issues and pose challenges to rethink the way land is governed. My first guest is
Continue readingCuriosityCat: First Nations & The Supreme Court Land Title Case: What does it mean?
Chief Roger William: The Man who changed Canada This has been one of the most dramatic weeks in the history of Canada, with the highest court in the land shifting the tectonic plates underlying the country. Very little economic activity that involves any kind of resource exploration or development in
Continue readingMediabuzzard.com: Treaty Talks or Sham Talks ?
Silly me and I thought treaty talks actually meant something… HTG’s human rights complaint charges that under Canada’s Comprehensive Land Claims Policy, relied upon by the government since 1973 in negotiating treaties with First Nations, so-called “private lands” owned by the large timber, mineral and real estate development companies are
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