Ottawa was warned about problems with Indigenous procurement – but grew it into a $1.6-billion program anyway
The Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business was put into place in 1996 with good intentions, but with loopholes and little oversight ...
Indigenous groups press for greater say in Ottawa’s contracting policy rules
Procurement strategy designed to benefit Indigenous businesses and communities has persistently been the target of warnings ...
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Ottawa funding Jordan's Principle for First Nations children through 2026: minister
Ottawa says it will continue to fund Jordan’s Principle to support First Nations children through 2026 as some First Nations ...
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Ottawa invests $200M in Indigenous Kitimat LNG project
The proposed $6 billion Cedar LNG facility in Kitimat has received a $200 million injection from the federal government.
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$1.95M waterfront land purchase OK'd by Ottawa city council
Ottawa city council unanimously approved a motion to buy a 223-acre parcel of waterfront land for conservation purposes, but ...
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Ottawa tells First Nations chiefs committee to sort out child welfare talks with AFN
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says Ottawa needs the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and a committee trying to renegotiate a child welfare agreement to decide who’s leading ...
Ottawa renews Inuit Child First Initiative for 1 year
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree announced the Inuit Child First Initiative will be renewed for another year at the signing of a new Nunavut Agreement Implementation Contract in ...
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Main political parties won't say how, or if, they're vetting Indigenous candidates
The federal Conservatives and NDP won't say how or if they're vetting their candidates' claims to Indigenous identity — even ...
Indigenous leaders welcome new PM, remind government of work still to be done
Indigenous leaders from across the country are congratulating the new prime minister, but are stressing the need to work ...
Jordan's Principle funding for First Nations children being extended through 2026: Indigenous Services
The federal government says it will continue to fund Jordan's Principle to support First Nations children through 2026.
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Funding for community policing program to end
The territorial government confirmed that federal funding for the Fort Liard pilot project will continue until its contract ...
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Ottawa tells First Nations chiefs committee to sort out child welfare talks with AFN
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu takes part in a panel during the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick ...