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TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2016 /CNW/ - On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas addressed First Nations Leaders from across Ontario who are meeting with Premier Kathleen Wynne...
TORONTO, Oct. 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day says that worsening conditions for First Nations citizens are the result of a cycle of discrimination created by the Indian Act and...
OTTAWA, Jan. 10, 2013 /CNW/ - We have been pushed into a corner due to the violation of our fundamental treaty, inherent and human rights. We face an onslaught of imposed legislation at an...
TORONTO, Aug. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - The recent federal court decision declaring the appointment of a third-party manager during the Attawapiskat housing crisis unreasonable reiterates First Nations'...
TORONTO, July 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Chiefs in Ontario met this morning to discuss the current challenges that continue to plague their communities while also contemplating the selection of the National...
TORONTO, June 4, 2012 /CNW/ - Proposed changes to social assistance funding in the 2012 Ontario budget will cause First Nation communities to slide further into cycles of poverty and dependency, and...
TORONTO, May 31, 2012 /CNW/ - May 31st marks the fifth anniversary of the release of the Final Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry. This Inquiry was established by the Government of Ontario on November...
OTTAWA, April 18, 2012 /CNW/ - In a decision released today, the Federal Court directed the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to examine evidence that First Nations children are being discriminated...
TORONTO, March 30, 2012 /CNW/ - The federal budget released on March 29th, 2012 does not signal to the First Nations in Ontario that Ottawa is prepared to make a shift in its relationship with the...
TORONTO, March 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Yesterday, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan presented the provincial budget which was described as a five year plan to keep Ontario on track to balance the...
TORONTO, Feb. 28, 2012 /CNW/ - A non-binding NDP motion calling for funding to put First Nations schools on equal footing with provincial schools passed with all party support in the House of Commons ...
TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2012 /CNW/ - The Chiefs of Ontario, and over 20 Indigenous nations and organizations, are holding Canada accountable during the country's periodic review February 22-23, 2012, by...
TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Earlier this week, the National Panel on First Nation Elementary and Secondary Education for Students on Reserve released their report titled "Nurturing the Learning...
TORONTO, Jan. 25, 2012 /CNW/ - Yesterday, in Ottawa, a selection of First Nations leaders from across Canada met with Prime Minister Harper and members of his cabinet to discuss the state of the...
TORONTO, Jan. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - On January 24th, 2012, First Nations leaders will meet with Prime Minister Harper and Cabinet Ministers in Ottawa. The true value of the meeting will depend on what...
TORONTO, Nov. 15 /CNW/ - Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse stated that he welcomes Canada's November 12th endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. "This...
OTTAWA, Sept. 23 /CNW/ - Today, the Chiefs of Ontario join First Nations across the country in an urgent call for an end to the chronic underfunding of First Nation elementary, secondary and post...
TORONTO, Sept. 16 /CNW/ - On September 15th and 16th, the First Nations of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation and their supporters will rally at the Queen's Park legislature to demonstrate their opposition to ...
TORONTO, Sept. 1 /CNW/ - On June 17, 2010, the Ontario government announced an agreement with the federal government to continue the First Nation point of sale tax exemption under the Harmonized...
TORONTO, June 18 /CNW/ - Yesterday Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse received letters from Federal Finance Minister Flaherty and Ontario Ministers Bentley and Wilkinson confirming...
TORONTO, April 21 /CNW/ - An economic impact study released today indicates that First Nations in Ontario will be significantly and negatively impacted by the implementation of the Harmonized Sales...
TORONTO, April 20 /CNW/ - Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse and the Grand Chiefs in Ontario, along with Dr. Fred Lazar, Professor at the Schulich School of Business, York University, will be...
TORONTO, March 26 /CNW/ - Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse responded to the Ontario Budget announced yesterday. He acknowledged that certain aspects of the Budget, such as the renewal of the New ...
OTTAWA, March 10 /CNW/ - The First Nations in Ontario will hold a rally today against the imposition of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on their citizens. The rally will begin on Parliament Hill...
TORONTO, March 9 /CNW/ - Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse today responded with disappointment to the Ontario government's "Open Ontario" Throne Speech describing it as a five year plan without a ...
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