Contrary to popular belief, ‘Two-Spirit’ is a recent term, not an ancient Indigenous tradition. For decades, Indigenous transgender and homosexual people have been called “two-spirited.” It has also been alleged that such people were highly revered in...
Aboriginal Futures
Has Sugarcane Proved Chief Willie Sellars Wrong?
Has Sugarcane proved Chief Willie Sellars wrong? Absolutely. At a highly-publicized presentation on 25 January 2022, Chief Willie Sellars proclaimed that '93 is our number' and went on to describe horrific atrocities at the former St Joseph's Indian Residential School...
A Tale of Two Northern Indigenous Peoples Charting a Path Towards Economic Viability Beyond the Indian Act
This study argues Indigenous communities ought to consider economic viability and eventual self-reliance before embarking on a path toward political independence. Drawing upon relevant empirical data, it claims First Nations require meaningful control over...
New Report Argues Economic Independence Must Precede Political Autonomy for First Nations in Canada
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
The Indigenous Nightmare Continues
Will the nightmare ever end? Indigenous families across Canada have been lied to about their history for a long time. Some of their leaders have been exploiting their grief and feeding it with new allegations of cruelty to extract billions from taxpayers. For...
Joseph Quesnel: To Truly Help Indigenous Communities Prosper, We Must Put the Economic Horse Before the Political Cart
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has surprised a lot of people by placing a real emphasis on his party’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. Not only has he recruited high-profile Indigenous politicians like Ellis Ross and Chief Billy Morin to be...
Has The TRC Report Pushed Canada Into A Post-Truth Nose-Dive?
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) Report was published a decade ago. Since then, surprisingly few people have provided a critical but fair assessment of this 3,500-page, 7-volume mammoth. Most academics and journalists—those we expect to...
Sugarcane – When Film Critics Blood Libel Canada and Roman Catholics
“Sugarcane” is a new documentary that is in Canadian cinemas, and it is sure to cause more churches to be desecrated or fire-bombed. It is distributed by National Geographic, a respected brand name. “Sugarcane” is a story of alleged nefarious deeds that took place at...
Manitoba First Nations Should Opt for Economic Collaboration, Not Confrontation
Some First Nations in Manitoba are leading the way on economic development. They are seeking out ways to find value-added opportunities and collaborate with private third parties and other governments. These communities are not waiting around for opportunities to...
The Supreme Court of Canada Restoule Decision
In its July Restoule decision the Supreme Court of Canada, with the support of the Trudeau Liberal government (“Canada”) and the Province of Ontario (“Ontario”), continued its relentless attack on the sovereignty of our elected governments, our social unity and legal...
Canada’s Growing Protest Culture is a Sign of a Broken System
Canada’s growing protest culture is a sign of a broken system. On The Cory Morgan Show, Cory talks with Frontier Centre for Public Policy Senior Fellow and retired judge Brian Giesbrecht about how protests have been growing as citizens feel hopeless. (47 minutes)...
First Nations Buy Into Pipelines
It’s taken years to get here, but there’s a new trend in Canada’s pipeline industry, and it couldn’t come soon enough. That’s because the path we’ve been on until now has been one to ruin. On July 30, TC Energy announced it was in the process of selling 5.34 per cent...
Leaders on the Frontier – Indian Act Making Life Worse for Indigenous Peoples – with Retired Judge Brian Giesbrecht
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