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Canadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: First Nation: Bill C-45 allows tar...

by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Today the conservative government tabled a new version of Bill C-45, a 443-page bill, to implement its federal budget. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN)...

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The Canadian Progressive: Toronto solidarity fast in support of Attawapiskat...

The details, from the organizers: Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence has begun her hunger strike in Ottawa today and she has pledged to continue until Prime Minister Stephen Harper (and the Queen of...

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Larry Hubich's Blog: Idle No More – Flash Mob Round Dance – Regina, SK

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The Canadian Progressive: Alberta Federation of Labour urges Canadians to be...

by Alberta Federation of Labour: The Alberta Federation of Labour is urging Canadians to be Idle No More in opposing Bill C-45. On the morning of Friday, Dec. 21, union representatives marched with...

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The Canadian Progressive: Idle No More: An audio essay by the CBC Radio’s...

Jian Ghomeshi, the host of “Q”, a national daily cultural affairs talk program on the CBC’s Radio One, weighs in on the Idle No More grassroots movement for First Nations rights in Canada. Ghomeshi...

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The Canadian Progressive: Indigenous and Human Rights Groups Issue Joint...

Twenty-four indigenous and human rights groups have issued the following joint statement supporting the #IdleNoMore grassroots movement and Chief Theresa Spence, who is in the fourth week of her...

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350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies

The Idle No More movement continues to spread across Canada and the rest of the world; it has declared that it’s here to stay. There have been round dances in intersections and malls across Turtle...

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drive-by planet: C-45 and the targeting of Indigenous peoples: Idle No More

Stephen Harper stayed on the sidelines as Idle No More swept Canada from coast-to-coast-to-coast. He has now agreed to meet with a delegation of First Nation chiefs, including Theresa Spence, the...

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The Canadian Progressive: Line 9: The Tar Sands Come to Ontario (VIDEO)

A must-watch. Line 9: The tar sands come to Ontario, expanding the Alberta tar sands operations, which are ravaging First Nations communities, resources & treaty rights. Video available on Vimeo...

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350 or bust: Idle No More Challenges Canadians’ Commitment to Truth &...

As I write this, Chief Theresa Spence of Attawapiskat Cree First Nation has been fasting for 28 days as she awaits a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Last week, without...

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Larry Hubich's Blog: Idle No More – Priscilla Settee and Sheelah McLean

This video of Priscilla Settee and Sheelah McLean talking about Idle No More is accompanied by a Making the Links – Community Radio indepth interview with them broadcasting tomorrow night at 6 pm...

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350 or bust: Idle No More Challenges Enbridge’s Pipedreams

“Everything that we do to water, we do to life because water is life. It’s not just us – we are all connected, we have to protect everything that lives, that shares the earth that we do…Idle No More is...

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Cowichan Conversations: The True Scandal of First Nations’ Funding Being...

Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The slippery manoeuvre from the Harper squad to leak dated and incomplete so called reports regarding the financial affairs of the Attiwapiskat First Nations under...

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The Canadian Progressive: Chief Theresa Spence Ends 43-Day Hunger Strike With...

by Guest Blogger | The Canadian Progressive, Jan 25, 2013 Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence signed the First Nations declaration that ended her 43-day hunger strike at Ottawa’s Victoria...

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The Canadian Progressive: First Nations’ statement of assertion of Aboriginal...

by Algonquin Nation Secretariat And Programs and Services Ottawa, Jan. 22, 2013 – The Algonquin communities of Timiskaming, Wolf Lake, and Eagle Village today announce their assertion of Aboriginal...

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The Canadian Progressive: Stephen Harper Launches Major First Nations...

As Negotiating Tables Legitimize Canada’s Colonialism by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 3, 2013: The following is a prophetic editorial detailing a major plan by Prime Minister Stephen...

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350 or bust: Idle No More: A Response By People Who Feel Like Hostages In...

If you’re looking for some more information on the IdleNoMore campaign, MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) gives a good summary in this video. He is discussing the NDP Opposition Day motion on...

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The Canadian Progressive: Idle No More to spearhead Mother Earth Day...

By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The Idle No More movement for Indigenous rights and sovereignty is scheduled to spearhead the commemoration of Mother Earth Day in Ottawa. Activists are...

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The Canadian Progressive: Indigenous rights are the best defence against...

First Nations people – and the decision of Canadians to stand alongside them – will determine the fate of the planet By: Martin Lukacs | The Guardian (UK), Published on Fri Apr 26, 2013: In a boardroom...

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The Canadian Progressive: First Nations: NEB review of Kinder Morgan pipeline...

In an open letter, 12 BC First Nations tell the Harper government the National Energy Board’s review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project is “fatally flawed and superficial.” The post...

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