Indigenous Voices in a new Parliament: Who’s speaking up? – APTN News
Nov 14, 2025
Whatever our feelings for Justin Trudeau or our own partisan leanings, Crown-Indigenous relations had settled into a somewhat stable and predictable pattern after nine years.
We had become very familiar with the leaders, their personalities and governing styles. But we have a new Parliament with a new prime minister and a different cabinet. And bear in mind that Canada’s internal governance has changed at the same time that Trumpism has thrown the world order into upheaval. So, what could this mean for Indigenous issues?
We all remember the speeches in the House of Commons when Justin Trudeau formed government and all the grand words: “nation-to-nation,” “self-determination,” “implementation of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”
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