Coates speaks to CKOM radio in Saskatoon about the MLI Dinner Series – MIL

Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow Ken Coates spoke with CKOM radio in Saskatoon this week ahead of the MLI Dinner Series on Aboriginal engagement.

Coates was in Saskatoon Wednesday night to speak with local leaders in the lead-up to the formal launch of the series, titled Aboriginal People and the Natural Resource Economy in Canada, in January 2015.

The series, which will feature former Assembly of First Nations chief Ovide Mercredi as a principal speaker, is set to take place in Vancouver, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Toronto.

The idea, Coates told CKOM, is to engage with members of the Aboriginal community to determine the best public policy for including them in Canada’s natural resource sector.