While Martin was delivering his plea to continue along this tearful trail of failure, Joseph Quesnel, a Quebec Métis, wrote a useful study published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a growing and imaginative think-tank headquartered in Winnipeg.
Report Analysis Suggests Ways to Improve First Nation Outcomes
The Centre’s background paper, Indigenous Peoples from an International Perspective: How is Canada Faring? and written by Joseph Quesnel, used the report’s results to determine how First Nations in Canada could do better.
The Next Convoy Could Pull the Climate Curtains
Are Manitobans tired of suffering from high food prices at the grocery store? Well, the feds believe it is your God-given right to suffer even some more as they impose ever more onerous climate policies on farmers. The federal government …
Turmoil at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) should lead to Reform
The AFN claims to speak for First Nations in Canada. But serious problems started with allegations about the new National Chief RoseAnne Archibald. Earlier this year, Archibald was subjected to complaints by her staff, alleging harassment and a toxic workplace. …
Moving Aboriginal Services Closer to People a Good Thing
Manitobans should be cautiously optimistic about a deal that will transfer health care for Indigenous communities in the province to a regional Indigenous authority. If done properly and not politicized, a deal between the federal government, the Manitoba government and …
Ditching Pesticide Ban Good for Environment
Manitoba needs to follow good science and not give into ideological environmentalists who value kneejerk emotionalism over positive outcomes. Case in point is the province’s sensible decision to lift a ban at least partially on cosmetic pesticides passed by the …
Chattering Classes Need to Change Their Anti-Energy Tune
Canada’s chattering classes – who are often more accustomed to playing the sadly ineffectual dovish role – are rushing to prove their outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demonstrate their resolve to make Putin pay. However, these are often …
B.C. Indigenous Leader urges moving beyond black and white thinking on schools
A B.C. Indigenous leader who advised Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the contents of the landmark 2018 government residential schools apology has said that Canadians must not succumb to black and white thinking about the schools’ legacy. Despite his opposition …
Lockdowns Damage Vulnerable the Most
One clear takeaway from the convoy protest is the realization that pandemic restrictions and mandates are not affecting everyone equally. Liberal MP Joel Lightbound’s clever retort of, “Not everyone can still earn a living using their MacBook while at the …