Aboriginal Policy Commentary Archive | Fraser Institute

Who was Barbara Mitchell?

Ottawa spends billions on settlements with little effect on Indigenous living standards

By Tom Flanagan | June 28, 2022

Entrepreneurship—not redistribution—true path to First Nations prosperity

By Tom Flanagan | May 25, 2022

First Nations make common cause with petroleum industry in own self-interest

By Tom Flanagan | June 28, 2021

More spending on Indigenous communities won’t solve chronic problems

By Tom Flanagan | January 26, 2021

Trudeau government bill may grant First Nations veto power over pipelines and other projects

By Tom Flanagan | December 21, 2020

Government should allow First Nations to freely compete in gaming industry

By Tom Flanagan | September 30, 2020

Trudeau should learn from B.C. and rethink legislating UN declaration into federal law

By Tom Flanagan | March 11, 2020

Don’t be fooled by ShutDownCanada or misleading claims from dishonest activists

By Tom Flanagan | February 18, 2020

Struggling First Nations share common characteristics

By Tom Flanagan | December 18, 2019

B.C. First Nation’s prosperity offers important lessons to other First Nations

By Tom Flanagan | September 18, 2019

Small number of First Nations thwarting opportunity for many more First Nations

By Tom Flanagan | June 13, 2019

Duty to consult doctrine fuels uncertainty

By Malcolm Lavoie | May 20, 2019

Government spending will not increase the wealth of First Nations

By Tom Flanagan | February 20, 2019

Despite claims to the contrary, B.C. bill does not include First Nation veto over resource development

By Tom Flanagan | December 5, 2018

Trudeau government should listen to the chiefs and support natural resource development

By Kenneth P. Green | November 28, 2018

First Nations will receive billions in payouts and settlements from Ottawa

By Tom Flanagan | November 6, 2018

Only Parliament can fix Canada's pipeline impasse

By Tom Flanagan | September 11, 2018

No evidence that billions in payments improve First Nations communities

By Tom Flanagan | June 25, 2018

First Nations support pipelines including Trans Mountain—a fact you rarely see or hear

By Joseph Quesnel, Kenneth P. Green | April 10, 2018

Alberta can learn big lessons from small First Nation

By Tom Flanagan | March 16, 2018

Canadian governments damaging opportunities for First Nations

By Tom Flanagan | March 1, 2018

Community capitalism flowering among some First Nations

By Tom Flanagan, Taylor Jackson | November 21, 2017

Court decisions are hurting Aboriginal communities and their ability to use their land

By Dwight Newman | October 6, 2017

Entrenched dependence is one of the worst legacies of the Indian Act

By Joseph Quesnel | September 14, 2017

Métis self-government in Canada is a non-starter

By Tom Flanagan | September 12, 2017