Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, a senior military officer who was acquitted of a sexual assault charge late last year, has filed a $6-million lawsuit against the Canadian government.
It will take between 58 and 114 years to fix housing in First Nations communities at the current rate the federal government is investing, the NDP says.
The federal government does not have a willing partner to find a way to introduce fire codes on First Nation reserves, a newly released document shows.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked through blowing snow on Monday, November 28, 2022, to lay tobacco on the graves of victims of a mass stabbing before listening to family members who have been grieving for nearly three months.
The federal government is asking a judge to review some aspects of the $40-billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the Indigenous child-welfare system, after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rejected the deal in late October.
The federal government is spending 3.5 times more responding to climate emergencies in remote Indigenous communities than preventing them, an auditor general report found.
Ten participants are eligible for up to $1,525,000 each in funding over three years, for a total of just over $15 million, to support clean energy projects in remote Indigenous communities.
Federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she remains "open" to legislating fire and building codes on First Nations, even though Ottawa has no plans to do so now.
The federal government and national Inuit organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) announced a new investment on Oct. 6 to help prevent suicide among Inuit. The funding adds to ongoing work, including culturally specific first aid and a partnership with Kids Help Phone.
