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Nation to Nation takes a weekly look at the politics affecting Indigenous people in Canada.
Join us as we connect you with the decision-makers in Ottawa and across the country.
Join us as we connect you with the decision-makers in Ottawa and across the country.
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NDP MP Lori Idlout is raising concerns about the looming end of a program called the Inuit Child First Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of March. She says more than 13,000 Inuit children are enrolled in the initiative. That's on Nation to Nation.
Greenland, an Inuit-majority territory that has spent decades slowly pushing toward greater self-determination, suddenly found itself pulled back into the centre of great-power politics. For years, the territory — which is formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark — has been navigating a careful process of decolonization. That trajectory is now under pressure because of the constant talk from U.S. President Donald Trump about control and ownership of Greenland in the past few months. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
Chiefs from across the country are proposing that the federal government be removed from having control over how the on-reserve First Nations child welfare system is run. The details are contained in a plan that was submitted by the National Chiefs' Children's Committee to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in late December. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
As Nation to Nation looks ahead to 2026, flashpoints are forming in Indigenous–Crown politics. Long‑delayed drinking water legislation is back on the agenda, raising questions about whether promised First Nations governance over source water — and the funding to make it happen — will survive. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
Two separate processes, now in motion to try to end long-standing discrimination in the federal on-reserve child-welfare system, will take important steps this month. Chiefs in Ontario are seeking approval from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a regional reform agreement, while First Nations leaders in the rest of the country, represented by the National Chief's Children's Council (NCCC), will present their own draft plan to the Tribunal just before Christmas. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
The Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly opened this week with a blunt assessment from National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who told delegates the federal government had fallen short on key promises. But the national chief also marked one significant win, an agreement securing a First Nations seat at the First Ministers meeting. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
Sweeping changes to Bill S-2 that would eliminate the second-generation cutoff from the Indian Act will face a crucial vote in the Senate on Tuesday. If the amendments are approved, they will mark a historic step toward ending decades of gender-based discrimination in First Nations status law—but they also risk delaying the bill's original goal, resolving a Charter challenge. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
The Carney government's first budget passed with opposition support, but not everyone backed it. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout explains why she abstained. Plus, renewed plans for a gas pipeline in B.C. face opposition from Lax'yip Firekeepers. And $2.8 billion earmarked for off-reserve housing remains unspent. We hear from advocates calling for action. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
Ottawa's big push on critical minerals and what it means for communities. Mark Carney calls mining Canada's way out of U.S. trade dependence. One chief in Ontario says he's being pressured to approve a project that could threaten local water. In the Yukon, a gold mine spill has damaged public trust. And an Inuk deputy minister warns Ottawa is moving forward without consent. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says the column of zeros under projections for years beyond 2026 in the federal budget doesn't mean cuts to the department but reflects a shift in "program reform." That's on Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
After hearing from more than 50 witnesses—many of them emotional, some even angry—the Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples is preparing to go further than the government ever intended in restoring legal recognition to "non-status Indians." That's on Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
The head of the Chiefs of Ontario says the Liberal government needs to live up to its promise to reintroduce legislation that will make clean water in First Nations communities law. That's on Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
First Nations across the country are reporting the loss of funding for children's programs after the federal government changed Jordan's Principle rules last February. That includes Onigaming First Nation, in northern Ontario, which has been under a state of emergency since 2024 because deaths, including deaths by suicide, remain alarmingly high. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
The head of the Chiefs of Ontario says the Ford government is headed on a collision course with First Nations if it continues forward with legislation aimed at fast tracking development in the province. That's on the season finale of Nation to Nation.
Mandy Gull-Masty on her appointment as the new minister of Indigenous Services Canada, the first Indigenous person to hold the role. Pam Palmater weighs in on Mark Carney's new cabinet. And Leah Gazan talks about the future of the NDP after the party's worst showing in federal election history.
Ontario wants to fast-track development in the Ring of Fire, but a northern NDP MPP says the Ford government is going about it all wrong when it comes to First Nations. Mark Carney calls for quicker pipeline reviews while respecting UNDRIP, yet a Yukon professor says the Liberals haven't backed that up with details. And while Alberta Premier Danielle Smith floats the idea of separation, First Nations are pushing back.
Pam Palmater says there not much new when it comes to the Conservative platform. Hill Times columnist Rose LeMay releases book on reconciliation. Resource extraction is a hot topic at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. That's on Nation to Nation.
New polling data shows more Indigenous voters are sticking with the NDP in this federal election than the general population. That's on Nation to Nation.
The Chiefs of Ontario say that while both the Liberals and Conservatives are pushing resource development in this election campaign, they need to slow down and make sure First Nations are included. That's on Nation to Nation.
A First Nations professor at McGill University says people shouldn't expect Indigenous issues to play a prominent role in the upcoming federal election. That's on Nation to Nation.
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