Connie Kidd

- National - Patrick Brazeau's Senate appointment comes as no surprise, observers say Sidhartha Banerjee, THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Observers say the appointment of aboriginal advocate Patrick Brazeau to the Senate should come as no surprise, given his close ties to Stephen Harper's Conservative government. Brazeau, 34, the current national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, is … Read more

Update from Brantford Court re Six Nations, Aboriginal Rights The City of Brantford requested an injunction against Six Nations to prevent them from stopping construction. The injunction hearing is being held today and tomorrow. The Supreme Court, the final 'court of appeal' recently upheld the ruling that the court cannot grant an injunction until the Crown (Ontario) has fulfilled its duty to … Read more

A model for Canada? Nicaragua titles native land Nicaragua’s titling of native lands marks crucial step for indigenous rights – UN expert Special Rapporteur James Anaya17 December 2008 – An independent United Nations human rights expert has praised the Nicaraguan Government for giving the indigenous Awas Tingni community the title to its traditional lands, marking the culmination of a … Read more

Negotiations in new year:Six Nations, government far apart, but will go back to the table December 09, 2008 Daniel Nolan The Hamilton… Read more

Public Involvement Heads To Supreme Court Fight for Public Involvement in Environmental Assessment Heads To Supreme Court Thursday December 18, 2008 10:32 AM First Time Environmental Group Granted Leave to Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada (Ottawa/Vancouver) A long battle over the public’s right to be consulted on large mines and other industrial projects is now heading to the … Read more

- Opinion - Canada: The Scrooge of 2008? As a wealthy country we are neglecting our duty to those who need help both here and abroad December 19, 2008 Lloyd Axworthy We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. A miserly old man is confronted by the sorry reality that his life of so-called respectability actually hides a selfishness and indifference to the … Read more

Aboriginal leaders excluded from 'Museum for Human Rights' ceremony Aboriginal leaders say government excluded them from important international ceremony Posted By The Daily Graphic staff Updated 20 hours ago … Read more

Thoughts for a new year ... The Indian Act: cradle to the grave policies Posted By ERNIE SANDY Posted 4 months ago As an indigenous person of Canada, namely one of the first peoples of this continent, I pose this question to our readers: How am I different from you as a non-Native, … Read more

What makes Canada specialMichael Ignatieff, National PostPublished: Saturday, December 20, 2008The world's deepest problem is not climate change or the supposed clash of civilizations or inequality between rich nations and poor ones -- as important as these problems are. The fundamental problem facing humanity is political: how to create stable political order among people of different religions,… Read more

WINTER SOLSTICE: The longest night, and the festival of the sun Right now we are in the days of lighting up the darkness, with yule logs and candles and decorations. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on Sunday December 21, 2008 at 7:04 AM EST and 12:04 UT (Universal Time). Yule is when the dark half of the year … Read more

NAVIGATING TOWARD A FINANCIALLY INTIMATE WORLD ... BANK INTIMATE Are you still banking with a large corporate bank? The fastest way to kick-start the shift away from a centralized economy is to stop financing the big banks—and through them, the activities they are financing—and to switch your bank deposits to a well-managed, community bank or credit union. In fact, it's the single greatest point … Read more

OH CANADA! Mind Control in Canada This is old information (1997), but new facts to me, though I have heard allegations of such activities. The primacy of the Masons, Scottish Rite, Shriners, Mormons, Armed Forces in league with the CIA ... DEW line ... NORAD ... these facts are news to me. However, after learning the facts of the systematic abuse and deaths of thousands of children in Canada's '… Read more