Naomi Sayers, Vice-President (Women) - February 14, 2012 will mark the twenty-first memorial march for missing and murdered women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Since these marches have gained the international attention of such organizations as Amnesty International and the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), gatherings have been [...]
Introducing the APC Executive
OTTAWA - This past weekend, over 3,200 Liberals – more than the Conservative Party and the NDP’s last conventions combined – met in Ottawa to begin the transformation of the Liberal Party of Canada into a more welcoming and modern political movement. Part of that process included electing a new Aboriginal Peoples’ Commission (APC) Executive. Introducing [...]
Demise of Aboriginal Healing Foundation decried
By: Alexandra Paul Posted: 04/5/2011 6:24 AM The Conservative government’s decision to wind down the Aboriginal Healing Foundation — which addressed the legacy of physical and sexual abuse suffered by residential school survivors — could become an election issue. “We are going to call on all the parties that are running and ask them [...]
Ignatieff pledges running water : Says he’ll work with chiefs to find solution
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Sunday a Liberal government would bring running water to northern Manitoba reserves that now lack it. Ignatieff was asked a question about improving the lives of aboriginal Canadians as he launched the Liberal election platform at a downtown Ottawa hotel Sunday morning. Ignatieff said he met with chiefs [...]
Harper Government breaks Throne Speech commitment on Indigenous Rights
The Harper government’s submission to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in a case involving First Nations child welfare reveals that the Conservatives are already backtracking on their 2010 Throne Speech promise to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Liberal Aboriginal Affairs Critic Todd Russell said today. “The Attorney General admitted [...]
