Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
| Indian and Northern Affairs Canada | |
|---|---|
| Type | Government agency |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is a federal government department.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- April 2013: Alfred Simpson began working for this department as a computer programmer in 1972. The department provided Alfred Simpson with his first computer-related job.[2]
- May 2013: Officials from this department held a regional consultation meeting in Thunder Bay on April 11, 2013, to discuss education legislation. A department official asked a reporter to leave a meeting where protesters were making a deputation.[3]
- September 2014: The agency acted as a land claims arbitrator during events at Caledonia and Tyendinaga. Documents suggest the agency contributed to multi-agency intelligence gathering rather than focusing on resolving land claims. The agency's involvement in policing incidents was geared toward law enforcement and security measures.[4]
- November 2014: A 2013 document revealed this department reallocated approximately $505 million from infrastructure funds to cover shortfalls in social and education programs. Leaders from the Anishinabek Nation and other organizations argued this department lacks accountability to First Nations while imposing strict financial transparency requirements on them.[5]
- November 2016: Gilbert Deschamps served as a policy analyst for this government department during his career.[6]
- December 2018: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada reported that 79,309 people received Common Experience Payments between 2007 and 2012. The department stated that 37,792 individuals received compensation through the Independent Assessment Process during the same five-year period.[7]
- November 2019: The department initially denied Lynn Gehl status in 1994, claiming she was correctly omitted due to an unknown paternal grandfather. Its Unknown/Unstated Paternity policy was eventually ruled unreasonable by an appeal court. The department was accused of failing to disclose all evidence during the legal proceedings brought by Lynn Gehl.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Letter to the editor: Lynn Gehl Re: ‘6(1)a All the Way!’", Anishinabek News, 23 November 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Alderville man one of the smartest people in Ottawa", Anishinabek News, 23 April 2013 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Proposed education act more ‘crap’ from Harper", Anishinabek News, 7 May 2013 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "IPPERWASH SERIES 2/3: Post-Ipperwash policing in Ontario", Anishinabek News, 3 September 2014 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Political Confederacy respond to Aboriginal Affairs document on questionable infrastructure funding re-allocations", Anishinabek News, 13 November 2014 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "First Nations people encouraged to get involved in studying law at Lakehead University", Anishinabek News, 28 November 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Zhooniyaa – receiving a lump sum of money", Anishinabek News, 4 December 2018 (archived copy; original article).