Mi'kmaq Matters

Host Glenn Wheeler and our new Corner Brook correspondent, Greg Janes, survey current activities on the island of Newfoundland, the province's weak regulations surrounding such work, and the strict conditions imposed by the Nunatsiavut Government for similar exploration on Inuit lands in Labrador. 

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This was a year of wind energy and citizen resistance; staff exodus and an enrolment deal at Qalipu; a spot on the Assembly of First Nations for Newfoundland; and a return to the powwow grounds.

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Will Qalipu members support a proposal that would reinstate military and RCMP personnel but leave out most of the 10,000 people who lost their status in the supplemental agreement? We talk to former Canadian Navy member Greg Janes, who received a deluge of hostile messages when he posed for a photo with Chief Brendan Mitchell in support of the deal.

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With the array of powerful political and business forces in favour of the massive World Energy GH2 project on the west coast of Newfoundland, we ask Marilyn Rowe of the Environmental Transparency Committee what needs to happen to stop it before it turns the Port au Port Peninsula into a forest of wind turbines.

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How the St. John's-based, big-time Newfoundland news media are ignoring the West Coast wind energy project—a conflict-ridden billion-dollar boondoggle in the making. This week, we speak with Ed Hollett, publisher of the Bond Papers.

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With wilderness-destructive development at the highest rate than at any time in Newfoundland history and eco advocacy at its lowest, Mi'kmaq Matters convenes an emergency meeting to discuss a way forward.

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World Energy GH2 inks a deal with Qalipu First Nation and promises community cash if it gets permission to place 164 wind turbines on the Port au Port Peninsula. What's going on? We ask Qalipu councillor Jasen Benwah.

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Qalipu band member and country star Jason Benoit talks about his Mi'kmaq roots and staying grounded as his song Shootin Me Down climbs the country charts across Canada.

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This week, journalist Joan Baxter on the first phase of a Nova Scotia project that will use coal-fired electricity to produce hydrogen power for export, and a second phase that would see hundreds of wind turbines placed on environmentally sensitive territory important to Mi'kmaq. 

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An Indigenous engagement session suggests that CBC's coverage of Mi'kmaw issues in the Atlantic region is overseen by non-Indigenous editors.

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