Current Problems: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation

Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Saskatchewan"

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August 28, 2024


First Nations leaders demand end to federal, provincial taxation of their people

Leaders in Saskatchewan note the numbered treaties promised tax-free status to First Nations APTN News: First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan are calling on the federal and provincial governments to cease all taxation of First Nations people. They note the numbered treaties exempted First Nations people from taxes. Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said...

March 23, 2023


FSIN condemns Sask gov’t funding reduction for First Nations

The provincial government aims to increase potash sales and raise oil production by 2030 NationTalk: SASKTODAY – Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron has criticized the provincial government for reducing funding to First Nations by almost nine per cent. Cameron stated that Saskatchewan’s economy primarily relies on natural resources from their ancestral lands...

July 9, 2019


Towards Justice: Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada

Upstream – Failure to reduce the level of poverty among Indigenous children. Tracking Indigenous child poverty and non-Indigenous child poverty trends between Census 2006 and Census 2016, it’s clear that these differences have not markedly changed over that 10-year period. “Towards Justice: Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada” co-authored by the Assembly of First Nations...