Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep…
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Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep…
Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep…
Life Getting Tough in Harperland
The consumer price index reveals that Canadians are paying higher prices today than a year ago, with significant increases in food (up 4.8%), shelter (up 1.5%) and gasoline (up 13.5%).…
Canadian Museum For Human Rights one long clusterfuck
My God, this thing looks like a diaphanous church, not a friggin’ museum You’d think that a museum named for Human Rights would be a huge plus for both liberals…
Leadership By Bean Counter
In his academy award winning film, Roger and Me, Michael Moore documented what happened to the world’s largest corporation after a bean counter was put in charge. After Stephen Harper…
Occupy #Attawapiskat, Phase Two
Clearly, the people living in Attawapiskat are existing in a crisis that represents Canada’s dysfunctional relationship with the first peoples. How can we truly “fix” Attawapiskat? By fixing the underlying…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Mia Rabson comments on the dangers of eliminating any public debate over Canada’s future direction – as the Cons are trying to do:…
Our Third World
Anyone who has been to a northern reserve knows that Attawapiskat is not an aberration. Bob Rae is right. Northern native communities are “our third world.” And it’s most revealing…
Is there a precedent for an Attawpiskat win in court?
A few people have asked us if a First Nation has ever successfully used the courts to kick out a Third Party Manager before. The answer is yes. In 2001…
Is there a precedent for an Attawpiskat win in court?
A few people have asked us if a First Nation has ever successfully used the courts to kick out a Third Party Manager before. The answer is yes. In 2001…
Is there a precedent for an Attawpiskat win in court?
A few people have asked us if a First Nation has ever successfully used the courts to kick out a Third Party Manager before. The answer is yes. In 2001…
Is there a precedent for an Attawpiskat win in court?
A few people have asked us if a First Nation has ever successfully used the courts to kick out a Third Party Manager before. The answer is yes. In 2001…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – pogge points out the Cons’ suppression of news that a lack of running water on First Nations reserves facilitated the spread of H1N1…
Welcome to Harperland
How we embraced hate. I was watching the CBC News this morning, Suhana Meharchand was the host. Talking about Attawapiskat, she interviewed NDP/MP Charlie Angus. Hostilely, she asked him, “What…
So that’s the trick
Apparently it took a community housing crisis for the Cons to finally commit to…building a school which Attawapiskat has desperately needed for years. Which means that the housing problem too…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom notes that based on the Cons’ Kyoto embarrassment, Canada is now the odd man out on the world stage when…
Beautiful Attawapiskat Christmas Carol
The song is Jesus Ahatonia, written by St. Jean de Brebeuf in 1643. Absolutely beautiful.
De Beers decision to dump sewage into Attawapiskat played role in current housing crisis
In case you missed it, see the full APTN story here.I just note I think it's an important story because of all the haters on the Globe and Mail and…
De Beers decision to dump sewage into Attawapiskat played role in current housing crisis
In case you missed it, see the full APTN story here.I just note I think it's an important story because of all the haters on the Globe and Mail and…