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Call for Public Inquiry into the “Kamloops Graves Hoax”
WINNIPEG,– The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is urgently calling for a public inquiry into what has become known as the “Kamloops Graves Hoax.” The May 27, 2021, claim by the Kamloops Indian Band regarding the discovery of “human remains” in the apple orchard area of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School caused national hysteria […]
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What needs to be celebrated on National Indigenous Peoples Day? – FCPP
June 20, 2024 As well as celebrating this richness and diversity, there is good reason to celebrate this June 21. We now realize that no Indian Residential School children are missing, were never subjected to genocide, and are not buried in either individual or mass graves, as proclaimed in recent years. That Aboriginals leaders, activists, […]
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Experts Challenge Residential School Abuse Allegations
May 21, 2024 Recent discussions surrounding Canada’s Aboriginal Residential Schools have ignited fierce debates over allegations of widespread abuse against Indigenous children. In a new report released by the Frontier Centre, retired anthropology professor Hymie Rubenstein and Frontier Centre Senior Fellow Rodney Clifton critically examine these allegations and their implications. Rubenstein and Clifton stress the […]
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Indigenous Identity Fraud? – FCPP
May 17, 2024 This week there was a conference in Winnipeg with a wide range of First Nations and Metis groups that focussed on the topic of stopping the fraudulent self identification by non-FN people who identify as FN in order to obtain jobs, contracts, university entrance, grants, etc. There have been many stories over […]
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Is the term “Indian” Offensive? The Joy of Ethnonyms – FCPP
May 14, 2024 I would like to apologize to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for referring to its members as “colored people”. – Steve Martin, Pure Drivel, 1999 A man did a bad thing the other day. He called some people “Indians”. Upon learning of this, the editorial board of a […]
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The Call To Abandon ESG Is A Plea For Indigenous Prosperity – FCPP
May 8, 2024 If the activists behind ESG cared, they would not stand in the way of First Nation and Metis communities that wish to move from poverty to prosperity through energy projects. Initially, the three criteria to measure or value investments – Environment, Social, and Governance – were uncontroversial. “Environment” once referred to a […]
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Will Premier Kinew Choose the Indigenous Prosperity Path? – Frontier Centre For Public Policy
October 21, 2023 Wab Kinew being elected as the first Indigenous premier is historic, and a golden opportunity for him to set a different course for Indigenous peoples in Manitoba. Similarly, when Barack Obama was elected the first Black president, it was historic but there are different opinions on what that can mean. Manitobans should […]
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Are Land Acknowledgements Justified? – FCPP
September 19, 2022 Recently, Canadians have seen various institutions implementing Indigenous Land Acknowledgments (ILAs) to recognize the institution as situated on previously occupied Indigenous land. They are widely accepted, but privately disputed. It is obvious that the moral outrage regarding Canada’s First People prevents open discussion. Instead, we have been told to be quiet and […]
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Killing With Kindness – FCPP
The Sanderson murders are receiving a lot of media attention, as they should. Much has been written about the government policy of pretending that truly dangerous people, like these brothers, are victims, and returning them to indigenous communities, where they inevitably victimize residents. Then, claiming that this cruel policy – killing with kindness – somehow […]
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Province Seeks Input Through Engagemb Survey to Inform Future Tuition And Student Fee Policy
The Manitoba government has launched a new survey through EngageMB to consult with post-secondary partners, students and the public to obtain input that will inform the development of a new tuition and student fee policy, Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration Minister Jon Reyes announced today. “We are committed to ensuring tuition increases for post-secondary institutions […]
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