December 2010

Business as usual? 2010 North American Foreign Ministers Conference leaves an impression of the sleepy town of Wakefield Quebec

December 17, 2010

The sleepy village of Wakefield Quebec got a boost of attention on Monday December 13, 2010, when hundreds of media, police and subsequent government entourage attended the North American Foreign Ministers Meeting at the “cozy” historic Wakefield Mill Inn and Spa. While the planning for the visit of Canadian Foreign Minister Laurence Canon, American Secretary [...]

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Governments still refuse to implement landmark Algonquin of Barriere Lake Trilaterial Agreement

December 17, 2010

On Monday December 13, 2010, New Democrat Charlie Angus (Timmins – James Bay) joined representatives from the Algonquin community of Barriere Lake to call  on Stephen Harper’s federal government to respect signed commitments to help rebuild the marginalised Indigenous community and restore its traditional democratic process for selecting leadership. The federal government’s recent decision to [...]

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