Tag Archives: occupied-canada
Podium: Band leader counters column’s claims that U.S. interests fund anti-mine fight. – Business in Vancouver
RAVEN is reposting Chief Baptiste’s column from January 3, 2012 – as this issue is currently before the Canadian Senate. By Marilyn Baptiste In BiV’s Dec. 13 edition, Vivian Krause continues to perpetuate conspiracy theories that have no basis, make no sense, and are deeply offensive to First Nations. A former salmon farming industry executive, […]
If you didnt like that #robocall heres something you might do about it | rabble.ca
Evidence has recently come to light that among other dirty tricks to suppress the NDP and Liberal vote, fraudulent robocalls where made to voters in several ridings by a firm linked to the Conservative party.Understaffed Elections Canada has been investigating since last summer, and the leaders of the NDP and Liberal parties have called for […]
Alberta: First Nations Call For Environment Minister To Honour Treaty Promises And Act Immediately To Save Caribou – Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
First Nations have called for Canada’s Environment Minister to stop delaying, to stop denying the evidence before him, and to start honouring the Treaty promises that require protection of woodland caribou habitat. But Minister Peter Kent told journalists yesterday – at the close of public consultation on the strategy – that it will be months […]
UN slams Canada for First Nations treatment
Canadas international reputation came under fire in Geneva on Wednesday as a UN expert panel delivered scathing criticisms over the governments treatment of First Nations and recent changes to the countrys immigration system.Members on the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, all of them human-rights experts from around the world, questioned why headway has […]
2012 Gerald and Maas Suppressed News
2012 Gerald and Maas Suppressed News. Canada: a Lawyers Against the War press release notes enough evidence submitted to the International Criminal Court to require investigation of Canada’s rendering Afghan prisoners to torture. Canadian Vietnam veteran John McNamer has supplied the ICC with more than 120 files affecting the Harper government’s complicity in torture. McNamer’s “Letter of February 14th to Canadian officials” summarizes […]