Nation to Nation

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bold announcement Wednesday in the relationship between his government and Indigenous people.

He promised, before the next election, to have a legislative framework in place to recognize Indigenous rights. It will guide all government interactions with Indigenous people.

N2N’s political panel debates Bill C-262, on the adoption of UNDRIP.

It passed second reading Wednesday night.

Conservative Party voted against it, saying it’s being rushed through Parliament. Liberals disagree.

The political panel is back and talking about the new department of Indigenous Services.

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas describes what he wants a nation to nation relationship to look like.

And an Indigenous woman from Mexico wants Canadians to take note of her people’s plight against a major highway development.

On Nation to Nation it was day one of the emergency meeting on child and family services.

Children are being disconnected from their families and communities and becoming lost said one Indigenous leader.

And Nunavut’s senator wants input from residents ahead of a new arctic policy by Ottawa.

Inquiry’s Chief Commissioner Marion Buller defends her staff and delays in asking the federal government for an extension.

An Ontario leader says First Nations there aren’t ready for legal marijuana this summer.

And an interim board member says the new national reconciliation commission will act in the role of a watchdog.

Important court cases seek groundbreaking decisions.

One in Northern Ontario wants the annual annuity raised substantially from $4.

While the Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments on Monday where governments would have to consult First Nations before legislation is crafted and passed.

It’s been almost exactly five years since Idle No More got started on the Prairies.

Although it held a rally in Toronto today and plan another one in Winnipeg this weekend, its public presence is arguably not like it was in 2012.

In this episode of Nation To Nation, we take a look at Idle No More and the federal government.

Opposition members take the government to task.

For making Angela Sheeshish go to court to get permission to tell the world about her ordeal at the St. Anne’s residential school.

And Ontario regional chief Isadore Day wants more time to explore the impacts of making pot legal.

MMIWG Chief Commissioner Marion Buller got an earful at the AFN chief’s special assembly in Ottawa Thursday.

A Manitoba leader asked for her resignation.

And an AFN resolution supported more time and money for the Inquiry - and that Buller resign her position.

Political panel rates how well the government has handled the Indigenous file since being elected.

Thunder Bay MP Don Rusnak explains whether or not the city he represents is in crisis.

And a BC coastal leader wants Ottawa’s help to prevent fuel spills near her community.