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November 1, 2016 1:30AM

Why First Nations Succeed
Tom Flanagan
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Why First Nations Succeed
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March 23, 2016 2:28PM

Rhetoric about First Nations employment doesn’t match up with government’s first budget
Ravina Bains
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In the Liberal budget, only 0.2 per cent of the $8.4 billion designated for Aboriginal people is for skills and employment training.

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December 15, 2014 10:00AM

Democracy in First Nations communities requires an informed electorate
Ravina Bains
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In a letter to Richard Price in 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote "whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." In other words, an informed electorate possesses the knowledge to hold their government accountable.

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