Diversity is resiliency
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.Those who want Indigenous people to lose this fight will tell you that we have to have only one leader for the others to talk with, one issue to talk...
View ArticleNow comes the real test for #IdleNoMore, Indigenous leadership and Canadians...
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.It appears that the Prime Minister has finally decided that he should say or do something about the thousands of people who have been protesting his...
View Article#IdleNoMore - what the key players may be looking for on January 11th
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.In a four-part series this week I'll be considering the positions and challenges of some of the key players at the January 11th "working meeting"...
View Article#IdleNoMore - what the key players may be looking for on January 11th
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.Chief Theresa Spence won her point, is pushing it further, and is paying for doing so. She went on a hunger strike December 11th to demand a meeting...
View ArticleStephen Harper prepares to fail his biggest test as PM
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be facing the defining issue of his regime. As he prepares for Friday's meeting with First Nations leaders, he faces...
View ArticleJustice will remain absent
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.While the saga of who will attend tomorrow's meeting between Harper government representatives and First Nations leaders continues, we can be certain...
View ArticleTime for a hard look at the role of media in fostering neo-colonialism
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.The cacophony of nonsense emanating from several sides last week was so deafening, key messages were lost in the din. As a service, I have answers to...
View ArticleWinners and losers
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.There were no winners in the back and forth between Indigenous peoples and Canada last week. Some have lost already, some may still succeed, and others...
View ArticleThe questionable virtue of patience
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.Is patience still a virtue if, while waiting for justice, you die?It is a question posed most poignantly by hunger strikers on Victoria Island and...
View ArticleCanada exposed: The legacy of a hunger strike
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.Chief Theresa Spence and Elder Raymond Robinson are going to eat solid food and return to their respective homes. That is a good thing from nearly...
View ArticleOn Sovereignty
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.Let's begin with a little Latin. Terra nullius means land belonging to no one. That's what the Europeans claimed the Americas were back when they...
View ArticleWhither INM, once again
Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today.There is a rather odd struggle going on around the future of the Idle No More (INM). It is mostly about who gets to define the movement.The usual...
View ArticleIs the incompetence that of the appointees or the Prime Minister?
I might have let this slide, preferring not to kick a person when they’re down, but calls for sympathy for John Duncan beg retort.It strains credibility that Duncan resigned as Minister for Aboriginal...
View ArticlePeoples and their people: Examining collective and individual rights
Question: "What do you know about First Nations?"Answer: "I'm married to one."Much to my chagrin and amusement, this was part of a real conversation today.I'm guessing the woman who answered the...
View ArticleAdding insult to injury: The budget and Indigenous relations
The Government of Canada is trumpeting $626 million in new investment for Indigenous peoples in yesterday's budget. Let's just say that's a slight exaggeration.Here's a closer look at the four...
View ArticleIs Stephen Harper trying to provoke a confrontation with First Nations?
You have to wonder if Stephen Harper isn’t actively trying to provoke serious conflict with First Nations.There has been over 4 months of ongoing protest, hunger strikes, long distance marches by...
View ArticleFor all our relations: Solidarity toward social justice
Following is the text of a speech I delivered to Carleton University's Institute of Political Economy on April 11, 2013.My sincere thanks to Elder Skanks for his wise words of welcome. Thank you to...
View ArticleAn insincere apology
It hurts people to think so -- and I truly regret if it hurts anyone for me to say so here -- but the Prime Minister’s apology for residential schools was, at best, insincere. That is the kindest word...
View ArticleRetiring the policy
Despite its flaws, Robin Sears' recent article in Policy magazine, "The AFN and the PM: Retiring the Missionaries," provides keen insight into several aspects of the relationship between the Harper...
View ArticleMaking Canada work for all
Warnings have come from business and Indigenous leaders, from ordinary citizens and official institutions, from across the country and the political spectrum. Canada is at a turning point in its...
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