Reading Time: 3 minutes A contributing factor to the deplorable housing conditions may be a lack of property rights on reserve
Author: Ravina Bains
Ravina Bains is vice president, commercial banking and Canadian wealth-management sales integration, at Bank of Nova Scotia.
She is currently working toward a PhD and she holds a master’s of science in law from the University of Oxford and a bachelor of arts from the University of British Columbia.
Mining and First Nations collaboration thriving in Saskatchewan
Reading Time: 3 minutes Land certainty and positive partnerships with First Nations make the province one of the most attractive jurisdictions in the world for mining investment
Land claims largest deterrent to mining investment in B.C.
Reading Time: 3 minutes 77 per cent of respondents for B.C. said that uncertainty from disputed land claims was a deterrent to investment
Aboriginal rights and private property rights clash in B.C.
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s reaction to First Nations’ claims to private property may provide assurances to companies and private property owners
Liberals reward chiefs, First Nations bands at expense of members
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trudeau government is giving a pass to bands for their lack of financial transparency
Tsawwassen natives’ LNG plan could benefit all B.C
Reading Time: 3 minutes But first, approval must be obtained from the 363 members of Tsawwassen First Nation, 170 of whom do not live on the reserve
First Nations education funding comparable to public school funding
Reading Time: 3 minutes So why do less than 40% of students on First Nations reserves graduate?
Land claims disputes damaging Ontario and BC mining sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Both provinces can learn a thing or two from Saskatchewan’s successful relationship with First Nations