Podcasts about Cindy Blackstock

Last month the Assembly of First Nations voted down a draft agreement with the federal government on child welfare reform, worth $47.8 billion. Matt Galloway talks to Chief Derek Nepinak, who says his community needed this agreement; and advocate Cindy Blackstock, who says the goal isn't a perfect deal, but a just one.

Anishinaabe senator and renowned lawyer Murray Sinclair died Monday, aged 73. Matt Galloway talks to Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Indigenous advocate Cindy Blackstock about the man they knew, and his legacy.

Guest host Tim Powers speaks with Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor, about preparations ahead of the US election and what it means for Canada and his border city with those connections. On today's show: Elliot Tepper, Professor of International Relations at Carleton University, on how the Canadian federal government can prepare for the election CTV Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos live from Washington with an update Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Caring Society, on the life and legacy of Murray Sinclair The Daily Debrief with Garry Keller, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam Carmi Levy, Tech Journalist and Analyst, on the spread of online mis- and disinformation during the US election John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Area Coordinator in Supply Chain Management at McGill University, on the lockout at BC ports

Last week, the Assembly of First Nations voted to reject a $47.8-billion child welfare deal with the federal government. The agreement would have funded long-term reforms to child welfare for First Nations children on reserve. Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, the AFN National Chief, urged the chiefs to pass the deal so that it would be in place before the next federal election.Dr. Cindy Blackstock is a member of the Gitxsan First Nation and the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. She's on the show to talk about how this deal was more than a decade in the making and why she and others say it fell short.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

“Legislative Reconciliation is Governments using legislative powers for good and not bad. The Indian Act, you might say, was the government using its powers for bad, for a very long time.” -Prof. MetallicProfessor Naiomi Metallic, divides her time between practice and teaching at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law where she holds the Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy. She was part of the legal team that intervened on behalf of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society led by Cindy Blackstock, a longtime advocate for child welfare and Indigenous children's rights. The SCC referenced Prof. Metallic's article, Aboriginal Rights, Legislative Reconciliation and Constitutionalism (dal.ca) , in their Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, and she is this year's winner of the CBA's Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law.Also mentioned in this episode: Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Summary - 40619 (scc-csc.ca)Judicial Workbook on Bill C-92 — An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families (dal.ca)Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Parties - 39856 (scc-csc.ca)Braiding Legal Orders | McGill-Queen's University Press (mqup.ca)We highly recommend The Path: Canadian Bar Association - Understanding the Truth and Engaging in Reconciliation (cba.org)Reach out to us anytime at podcasts@cba.org

Cindy Blackstock says the federal government is not meeting its commitments on Jordan's Principle and First Nations kids are paying the price. Nunavut's premier says there's lots to celebrate as the territory turns 25. That's on Nation to Nation.

On this week's Indigenous round table: legal limbo? Did the Supreme Court's recent rejection of Quebec's constitutional challenge to Bill C-92 really cement the self-determination of Indigenous peoples on child welfare? Or did it seal in the status quo, one where the feds still hold all the cards and all the funds? A ruling described as “very beautiful” by one leader, hailed as paving “the road… for the transfer of authority” by another, such celebrations risk missing the core point of C-92's critics: that it was always a half measure, keeping full authority and jurisdiction in the grips of the Canadian government. Making the supreme hype about the Supreme Court's ruling all the more puzzling. Now that the pixie dust has settled, MEDIA INDIGENA regulars Brock Pitawanakwat (associate professor of Indigenous Studies at York University) and Ken Williams (associate professor with the University of Alberta's department of drama) joined host/producer Rick Harp to try and decipher where things now stand after the ruling, drawing on the perspective of well-known child welfare advocate Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society. // CREDITS: Our theme is 'nesting' by birocratic. Other music (i.e., bridges to and from Cindy Blackstock interview) sourced from Zapsplat.com.

Eight years ago, Justin Trudeau and 30 ecstatic Liberal MPs walked up to Rideau Hall, ready to be sworn in as Canada's next government. But after three elections, the Liberal glow has faded – drastically – as more and more Liberals suggest it's time for the prime minister to step down. This week on “It's Political,” Abacus Data CEO David Coletto, P.E.I. Sen. Percy Downe and Toronto Star reporter Alex Ballingall join me to discuss whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should step down, and what the Liberals could do to address the public's growing fatigue with their leader.  But first, if Trudeau were to step down, what would he be remembered for? We ask several close observers for their thoughts on the prime minister's legacy. Some of their answers may surprise.  2:20 Mini documentary on Justin Trudeau's legacy 31:55 Panel discussion on Justin Trudeau's future as Liberal leader Some of the clips this week were sourced from CBC, CPAC, Global, CTV, and The Guardian. This episode of “It's Political” was produced by Althia Raj and Michal Stein. Kevin Sexton mixed the program. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel. In this episode: Abacus Data CEO David Coletto, Prince Edward Island Sen. Percy Downe, Toronto Star reporter Alex Ballingall, University of Calgary political science professor Lisa Young, UBC economics professor Kevin Milligan, Acadia University politics professor Alex Marland, Queen's University adjunct professor Eugene Lang, the executive director of First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada and McGill University School of Social Work professor Cindy Blackstock, Canadian Climate Institute executive vice-president Dale Beugin, and York University public administration professor Thomas Klassen. Hosted by Althia Raj.

Cindy Blackstock says despite a settlement, Canada still has work to do when it comes to on-reserve child welfare. A McGill University professor explains Indigenous people have their own unique perspective on the current Mideast crisis. That's on Nation to Nation.

Une vingtaine de députés de Trudeau exigent un cessez-le-feu immédiat dans la guerre Israël-Gaza et retour sur une citation extraordinaire de Cindy Blackstock. La rencontre Mulcair-Martineau avec Jean-François Lisée, ancien chef du Parti québécois et Thomas Mulcair, ancien chef du NPD.Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

✨Dr. Cindy Blackstock✨

Cindy Blackstock wants to fix things. She has fought for Indigenous kids to be treated with the same respect as everyone else. Which means better care and much more funding. And then we talk about why “Pretend Indians” are so infuriating. Very serious stuff. But change is happening. She radiates with hope, and is proud to be seen as a Woman of Ill Repute! We talk about destroyed childhoods and residential schools. Also, why her Spirit Bear is white, and why Cindy is a much better name than Wendy.Cindy Blackstock was born in 1964 in British Columbia to a Gitxsan father and a non-indigenous mother. She just won McGill's highest award, the latest of so many, for her work fighting racism and establishing the Jordan Principle. She has a gazillion degrees, is a professor at McGill, and runs the First Nations Caring Society, which fights for equal funding and care for Indigenous kids. We love writing and would love for you to read what we write. Sign Up for our Substack Newsletter. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Wendy and Maureen at womenofir@gmail.com We now have a YouTube Channel! Please hit the Subscribe button when you get there. And because you asked for it - Future episodes will be in video form. https://www.youtube.com/@WomenofIllRepute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tribal rights are guaranteed by the US Constitution, but modern court cases – including the Brackeen case currently before the US Supreme Court – are reminders that Indigenous sovereignty and Native lands are still at risk in the United States. And in Canada, Indigenous activists are still fighting back against generations of hardship and forced separation of families.    Ray Suarez is joined by Tammerlin Drummond, creator and host of the “Gold Chains” from the Northern California chapter of the ACLU. Then, Jenn Williams, host of Foreign Policy's show, The Negotiators, talks with Cindy Blackstock, the plaintiff in the largest-ever class action settlement in Canada's history – $32 billion dollars set aside for Native victims and families harmed by the child welfare system.    Guests:   Tammerlin Drummond, communications strategist, ACLU of Northern California; creator, host and writer, Gold Chains podcast Cindy Blackstock, executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society   Hosts:   Ray Suarez Jenn Williams, host of The Negotiators   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

For decades, Canadian activists have criticized the government in Ottawa for underfunding Indigenous communities, leading to various harms and hardships. The activists, led by Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, sued the Canadian government in 2007, claiming that federal underfunding prompted First Nations children to end up in foster care in large numbers once residential schools were closed. The court battle dragged on for 15 years.But in January of this year, the federal government offered to pay C$40 billion to Indigenous children and families harmed by the child welfare system. It was the largest-ever proposed class action settlement in Canadian history—which some people are now calling a form of reparations. This week on The Negotiators podcast, Blackstock sits down with host Jenn Williams to discuss the tactics used in negotiations with the government and the conditions that led to a successful settlement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A member of the Gitxsan First Nation, Cindy Blackstock is an advocate who spent years building better protections for Indigenous children and their families through compensation for past discrimination. She is the executive direction of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and is also a professor for the School of Social Work at McGill University.  On Oct. 12 at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay, Blackstock will be honoured at the Campagnolo Dinner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gitxsan child advocate Cindy Blackstock's to-do list for the Catholic Church, Hudson Hope struggles with municipal water system and a mother/daughter team translates Pope's visit in Wet'suwet'en.

With the Pope concluding his visit to Canada, some are calling for action beyond an apology. Child advocate and social worker Cindy Blackstock has written a list of things she wants to see from the Church to make their words more meaningful.

The media actually did a pretty good job of covering the Pope's apology. And Wendy Mesley's re-branding as a woman of ill repute. Karyn Pugliese co-hosts. Links: Canada's National Observer piece by Thaiorénióhté Dan David re: Papal apology Canada's National Observer piece by Matteo Cimellaro re: Papal apology Globe and Mail Opinion piece by Tanya Talaga re: Papal apology The Tyee piece by Cindy Blackstock re: sexual abuse APTN investigation re: French priest National Post piece re: Wendy Mesley Sponsors: oxio, Rotman, Douglas, Squarespace, CalmSupport CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So many people encounter injustice and accept it as the way things are. Others refuse to accept the status quo and will not rest until those injustices are done away with. Cindy Blackstock is one of the latter. This is the story of how her work resulted in the largest financial compensation settlement the Canadian government has ever made because of the systemic neglect of First Nations' children in the child welfare system over the course of decades. A report from Danielle Paradis. Featured in this episode: Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada; Alanis Obomsawin, documentarian. Further reading: Canada signs $20B compensation agreement on First Nations child welfare, Canadian Press Alanis Obomsawin documents Cindy Blackstock's fight for equality for Aboriginal children, CBC Radio Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join Sponsors: Douglas, CFUV, Freshbooks, Hover Additional Music is by Audio NetworkSupport CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Cindy Blackstock is Gixtan native in Canada, Professor of Social Work at McGill University, and Executive Director of First Nations Child & Family Caring Society. I collaborated with Dr. Blackstock for the presentation “Mind Control and Colonization.” With her help, I've come to realize that the same mind control I've studied for 45+ years exerted by cult leaders has unquestionably been exerted and is still exerted on Indigenous People. In this fascinating conversation, we talk about this vital issue through this underreported lens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, the federal government and First Nations leaders announced a $40 billion agreement-in-principle to compensate young people harmed by Canada's discriminatory child welfare system. The agreement also sets aside half the money to reform the welfare system. This comes after a 15-year long fight begun by Cindy Blackstock and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. Sarah Clarke is a lawyer with Clarke Child and Family Law. She has represented the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society since 2009.

Earlier this month, Canada reached a landmark preliminary settlement with members of its indigenous community, capping a 15-year legal battle over child welfare resources. Cindy Blackstock, an advocate who vaulted the case onto the national stage, explains what drove the initial complaint, and WSJ's Kim Mackrael unpacks the importance of the $32 billion settlement, the largest in Canada's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For decades, First Nations children on reserves had to live with less child welfare funding than other kids in Canada. And that led to kids being taken from their communities at higher rates, often for problems that could have been solved with better supports. This week, after years of court battles, the federal government made a $40 billion promise to First Nations leaders. $20 billion of that will go to compensate kids who were unnecessarily removed from their homes on reserve or in the Yukon. The other $20 billion will go to long-term reform of the on-reserve child welfare system. Cindy Blackstock, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and a professor at McGill University's School of Social Work, has made it her mission to make sure First Nations kids get care that matches up with care received by other kids in Canada. Today, she talks about the long fight for this agreement, and why she's still waiting to celebrate.

The leader of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada breaks down the impact of the government's announcement of $40-billion to compensate Indigenous kids taken from their family homes, and fix the gaps in the child welfare system.

The federal government and First Nations leaders have struck a historic $40 billion agreement-in-principle to compensate young people harmed by Canada's discriminatory child welfare system. For more on how this agreement-in-principle could set the stage for a truly reformed child welfare system, we speak with Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, and a professor at McGill University's School of Social Work; and federal Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu. We also speak with Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme about the agreement his nation reached with the Saskatchewan and federal governments last year, which gave them complete decision-making power over their children and youth.

It is one of the biggest compensation deals ever put together by the federal government.  Why did it happen? How solid is it? What does it say about the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the government?  Bruce has his say and so does Cindy Blackstock, one of the country's leading indigenous activists on the children's issue.

Patty Hajdu, Indigenous Services Minister; Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada; Bob Fife, the Globe and Mail; Emilie Nicolas, Le Devoir; and Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious disease specialist. Jason Kenney, Alberta Premier, and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health (Live News Conference).

Power & Politics for Tuesday, January 4th with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, Cindy Blackstock, Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremante, Deputy Grand Chief Bobby Narcisse and the Power Panel.

Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg; Carlene Variyan, former Liberal chief of staff; Jenni Byrne, former deputy chief of staff; Farouk Karim; former NDP press secretary; Perrin Beatty, Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Jasmin Guenette, Canadian Federation of Independent Business; Glen McGregor, CTV News; Kevin Page, Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy; Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada; Amita Kuttner, Interim Green Party Leader; Scott Reid, CTV News Political Commentator; Jean-Denis Garon, Bloc Québécois MP; Adam Chambers, Conservative MP; Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister; Peter Bethlenfalvy, Ontario Finance Minister; Joyce Napier, CTV News; Stephanie Levitz, the Toronto Star; and Ian Bailey, the Globe and Mail. Erin O‘Toole, Conservative Leader (Live News Conference).

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the colour red. A redhead in a crowd of redheads, exploring notes of red on the piano, and a nation's relationship with the colour red. Roodharigendag (Redhead days) Featuring Shelby Vittek Produced by Gaby Caplan and Ellie Lightfoot The Little Red Piano Featuring Duncan Honeybourne Produced by Flora Zajicek Our home on native land Produced by Kalli Anderson The painting referred to in this feature is The Scream by Cree artist Kent Monkman. This piece includes short excerpts from news reports from the CBC, APTN News, CityNews, CTV, CP24, Global News and 680 News. It also includes the voices of Bob Paulson, Chief Allan Adam, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Cindy Blackstock. The music is Land Back by The Halluci Nation. Photo credit: Birgitta Honeybourne Curated by Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Hello and welcome to rabble radio: rabble.ca's weekly audio magazine. I'm your host and the editor of rabble.ca, Chelsea Nash. Rabble has its finger on the beat of the issues that matter to you and every Friday, we break it down for you - no matter where or how you're listening. It's a good way to catch up on the news of the week and, as with all rabble news, look at current events through a progressive lens.  This week on the show, national politics reporter Stephen Wentzell speaks with American legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky to talk about his new book: Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights, in which Chemerinsky makes the case that the United States Supreme Court has been far more likely to uphold government abuses of power -- including those done by police against racial minorities -- than to stop them. Chemerinsky is the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT This week at rabble, senior politics reporter Karl Nerenberg had his suspicions confirmed when Justin Trudeau's government made the sly attempt to bury the news that it had filed an appeal to Federal Court Justice Paul Favel's September 29 ruling which upheld a Human Rights Tribunal order that the government pay $40,000 to all victims of the underfunded First Nations child and family welfare system.  The government's lawyers waited until the very last minute last Friday to announce the appeal -- doing so after 5pm so as to attract as little public and media scrutiny as possible. "The only surprise in the late Friday announcement was that the government will suspend its appeal process for a couple of months in order to work on a negotiated settlement with the complainants, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society headed by Cindy Blackstock and the Assembly of First Nations," writes Nerenberg.  The newly-minted ministers responsible for this file, Justice Minister David Lametti and newly-named Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministers Patty Hajdu and Marc Miller, played their cards close to their chest. Government officials reached out to Blackstock but it wasn't until the day before the appeal that they approached her with the intention to have discussions. Blackstock and her partners at the Assembly of First Nations -- who have been fighting this fight for 14 years now -- have accepted the government's olive branch and are ready and eager to undertake good faith talks. Speaking of the new cabinet, street nurse and housing advocate Cathy Crowe weighed in on Trudeau's decision to appoint a new minister of housing. Sure, there have been ministers responsible for the housing file before, but until now, there had never been a minister with housing in their title. Ahmed Hussen now takes on that role with the official title of "minister of housing and diversity and inclusion." Crowe, having been let down by government promises on housing for decades, remains sceptical. "Our country needs a minister of housing," she writes. "We now have one in name, but with a catchall title that suggests some boxes were ticked off in Minister Hussen's appointment." In the media interviews the minister has done since his appointment, Hussen has predictably followed the Liberal's election platform pretty closely. It's what's missing there that concerns Crowe. Nowhere in the Liberal platform, nor in Hussen's interviews, has she heard the term "social housing." "We will truly have a minister of housing if the minister's mandate letter includes funding for social housing and rent-geared-to-income housing, creating a co-op housing stream, providing rehabilitation funds for old housing stock, ensuring that seniors' pensions are increased so they can afford to stay in their homes, and creating long-term care standards so our seniors can be housed safely in their later years, and the same for home care," Crowe writes.  Also on the site this week: Our coverage of COP26 continues. Brent Patterson writes about how the prime minister's promise to cap Canada's oil and gas emissions will do nothing to stop the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders. Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan point out that because of vaccine apartheid and the U.K.'s obstructive visa requirements, COP26 is the whitest and most privileged of the United Nations' climate summits since 1992.  Plus, two Indigenous films -- one a documentary -- are reviewed by Humberto DaSilva and Doreen Nicoll.  Da Silva reviews Portrait From A Fire -- a small, award-winning film that follows a First Nations youth on a supernatural journey to unravel his family's secret tragedy. Portraits From a Fire is being screened in select Canadian theatres starting November 1 and will be released through video on demand on November 9.  Nicoll reviews the documentary film: Kimmapiiyitssini: The Meaning of Empathy. Kimmapiiyitssini [GEE-maa-bee-bit-sin], the Blackfoot word for, “Giving kindness to each other,” is key in reducing deaths from drug poisoning in the Kainai community in Southern Alberta. Filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers tells the story of the opioid crisis and how through harm reduction, compassion and de-colonizing recovery, the community has begun to heal. That film opens today, Nov. 5 in Vancouver with screenings scheduled across the country throughout November. Also in arts and culture this week, sex worker columnist Natasha Darling looks at the many ways sex workers contribute to pop culture. From the movie Zola to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's music, sex workers are most accurately represented when they themselves are in control of how they are depicted, Darling argues.  Finally, last Friday, V.S. Wells takes a look at how Canada media is importing British transphobia.  It started with Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno, writes Wells. Her Oct. 16 piece claimed gender-neutral language in healthcare erased women. It's not a particularly new or interesting take, and one that's been thoroughly critiqued over the years, but the Star gave the piece a full page (A3) in the news section — despite it being opinion. The online article also received a traffic boost due to being (controversially) tweeted by author Margaret Atwood on Oct. 19. A few days later, Atwood shared another article — this time from the CBC, decrying “toxic, in-your-face activism.” The opinion piece was written by a trans woman, Jessica Triff, but was filled with transphobic talking points. Triff implied that trans people who do not transition medically are “risks to women's safety,” and that the label “trans woman” should only be used to refer to someone who has “gone through therapy, hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgeries.”  Finally, there was also a CTV “investigation” into trans children and youth who are seeking gender affirming medical treatment. That story relied heavily on the stories of two cis women in the U.K. who identified as trans men, before re-transitioning back to live as women — in order to argue that trans affirming youth healthcare in Canada is too easy to access. This sudden resurgence in feminist-cloaked anti-trans media rhetoric is probably due to that strategy's success in my home country, the U.K. Wells breaks down the differences between American and British transphobia, and why we've been seeing a heightened degree of transphobia in Canadian media in recent weeks. Find all that and much more at rabble.ca, where as always, we're bringing you the latest in political, social and arts and culture reporting, opinion and analysis.  EXTRO If you like the show please consider subscribing wherever you listen to your podcasts. Rate, review, share it with your friends -- it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca.  Got feedback for the show? 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Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring society, has been at the heart of an ongoing battle with the federal government. While working as a social worker in B.C., Blackstock noticed that the child welfare program for First Nations kids living on-reserve received less funding than for kids living off reserve. She, along with the Assembly of First Nations, filed a human rights complaint in 2007. In 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal agreed that federal underfunding of child welfare services on-reserve was discriminatory and led to thousands of children being unnecessarily taken into care.The tribunal ordered Ottawa to pay up to $40,000 to those affected by this discrimination. But the government has challenged the CHRT order on several occasions – including most recently last week. Cindy Blackstock is on the show to talk about what this most recent development means and where the fight for compensation goes from here.

On this week's show: the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society's Cindy Blackstock reacts to the move to pause litigation in the government's ongoing First Nations child welfare case. Plus — new Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen details plans to tackle his portfolio, ministers Jonathan Wilkinson and Steven Guilbeault discuss their new climate roles as they head off to COP26, and former ministers Lisa Raitt and Anne McLellan offer their thoughts on the new cabinet.

Jean Chrétien says he never heard about abuse in residential schools when he was minister of Indian affairs. As Jorge Barrera and Cindy Blackstock explain, documents suggest otherwise.

So, episode 129 – a new record.  But you know that right? Because you subscribe to the show and have already rated and reviewed the podcast – right? You should.Is the federal government really fighting Indigenous kids in court? Yes, they are. And they keep losing. We chat with the amazing Anne Levesque about her work with Cindy Blackstock and the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society, who are fighting against the government's discriminatory underfunding of services for Indigenous kids. This is a fight that has been  ongoing for over a decade. Each time the Caring Society wins, the  government uses every procedural trick and avenue of appeal to avoid its responsibilities. Most recently, the Caring Society won big in the Federal Court, where the government's application for a judicial review of a landmark Human Rights Tribunal compensation order for First Nations children was dismissed (read the decision here).This is such an important case and the amazing advocates fighting for equality are heroes. You can help support the fight and donate to the Caring Society here: https://fncaringsociety.com/donateA huge thanks to Emond Publishing for supporting the podcast. For our listeners, Emond is offering 15% off Modern Criminal Evidence for our listeners. Just visit emond.ca/docket and enter code DOCKET15 at checkout.Remember, you can self-isolate in The Docket's Discord chatroom.  Join the Discord channel, take part in the ongoing chat, and listen to live recordings with this link: https://discord.gg/2TzUamZAnd as always, a huge thanks to my firm Abergel Goldstein & Partners who have not murdered me for editing the podcast at work!Subscribe to The Docket on iTunes to get the latest episode pumped straight into your earbuds. If you like the show your subscriptions, comments and ratings really help us (so do that and then do it on your friends computer too).Emilie Taman on Twitter: @EmilieTamanMichael Spratt on Twitter: @msprattIf you like show spread the word.Enjoy

The case for rapid COVID-19 antigen tests; Indigenous activist Cindy Blackstock says the harm Canada must account for is ongoing; the new cystic fibrosis drug that's changing lives; why the education system needs to become more climate literate; Dave Bidini's letter to a young Toronto Maple Leafs fan; and more.

Glen McGregor, CTV News; Lynne Groulx, CEO, Native Women's Association of Canada; Rachel Notley, Alberta NDP Leader; Greg MacEachern, Proof Strategies; Adrienne Batra, The Toronto Sun; Anne McGrath, NDP National Director; Greg Weston, Earnscliffe Strategy Group; Susan Delacourt, the Toronto Star; Laura Stone, the Globe and Mail; and Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada.

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The Federal Court today dismissed an application for a judicial review of a landmark human rights tribunal compensation order for First Nations children — leaving the federal government on the hook for billions of dollars in compensation related to the child welfare system. We'll hear from Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, as well as Natasha Reimer-Okemow. She was put into the child welfare system in Manitoba when she was just one year old.

Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada; Kamila Telendibaeva, wife of detained Canadian Huseyin Celil; Marc Miller, Indigenous Services Minister; Tonda MacCharles, the Toronto Star; Karl Dockstader, One Dish, One Mic; Dr. Alika Lafontaine, Canadian Medical Association President-elect; and Rose LeMay, CEO of Indigenous Reconciliation Group.

Power & Politics for Wednesday, September 29th with Cindy Blackstock, AFN National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, Canadian Medical Association's president-elect Dr. Alika Lafontaine, Steptoe and Johnson partner Christophe Bondy and the Power Panel.

What happened to the headlines on Indigenous issues that were ever-present this past spring? Four leading voices evaluate each political party's approach during the campaign: Globe and Mail reporter Willow Fiddler; Cindy Blackstock, executive director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada; Pam Palmater professor and the chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University; and Riley Yesno, PhD student at the University of Toronto. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cindy Blackstock is a member of the Gitxsan First Nation and serves as the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, working tirelessly to ensure that First Nations, Métis & Inuit children can grow up safely at home, be healthy, get a good education and be proud of who they are. Cindy, who is also a professor at McGill University's School of Social Work, has over 30 years of experience working in child welfare and Indigenous children's rights and has been described as “Canada's relentless moral voice for First Nations' Equality.” She talks to Jen and Catherine about her past, the changes afoot in Canada when it comes to her essential work, and her hopes for a just, equal future for all children.

Dr. Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation in British Columbia and the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada

On today's show, the Pfizer vaccine has been granted full approval by the FDA in the U.S., which likely means it will soon see similar approval in other parts of the world. What does that mean for vaccine mandates and vaccine certificates? Does it change the legality of them? Plus, Petra Schulz is the co-founder of Moms Stop the Harm, one of two non-profits taking the government of Alberta to court over the way it has handled safe consumption sites. And, we talk with Dr. Cindy Blackstock and find out what's on the minds of Indigenous voters during this federal election.  

Politicians pay lip service to reconciliation during election campaigns, but those issues rarely take centre stage. Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada wants that to change.

Would you give a busker money with your credit card?; The dog days of summer have hit the Canadian dollar; Hay shortage hitting B.C. ranchers; Adventure Bus takes people hiking in Prince George; Cindy Blackstock on making sure Indigenous issues are talked about in the election; Should you still vote even if you don't think your desired candidate will win?; Free yoga for marginalized people in Prince George; Nurses quitting as COVID and wildfires continue in interior; More paramedics being hired in northern B.C.

For his final episode as host of Conversations with the President, CBA President Brad Regehr speaks with Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Dr Pamela Palmater, full Professor and Chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University.Now that we explored the calls to action that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission directed at the legal profession and the justice system, in this final episode, we shift gears a bit to discuss what comes next.Dr. Pamela Palmater is a Mi'kmaw lawyer, professor, author, and social justice activist from Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick. A practicing lawyer for 22 years, Pam has been volunteering and working in First Nation issues for over 30 years.Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, is the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. A former social worker with a Master's in Jurisprudence.Click here to register to The Path - Your Journey Through Indigenous CanadaTo contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.orgPlease subscribe, rate and review our podcast if you are enjoying it on Apple Podcasts.Check out our sponsor Lawyers Financial