Indigenous

OTTAWA — The federal government's major projects legislation was amended by opposition parties on Wednesday to withdraw the power the bill gave cabinet to sidestep the Indian Act, following weeks of criticism from First Nations leaders.

CALGARY — Oilpatch companies are big spenders on Indigenous-affiliated businesses, according to a survey commissioned by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers released Thursday.

OTTAWA — Running roughshod over the environment. Spawning the next Idle No More movement. Picking economic winners and losers. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act is anything if not a magnet for criticism.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is willing to give First Nations what they want for their support in developing mines, but they cannot "keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government" for more money.

OTTAWA — While the federal government has made gains on diversity and equity in the public service, inequities persist when it comes to pay, a new Treasury Board report says.

A new premier of Yukon is expected to be chosen by the governing Liberal party on Thursday, leaving the winner with just months to make their mark before a territorial election has to be called.

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith warned Tuesday that Parliament is hastily plowing ahead with the government's major projects bill when it should be in listening mode.

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BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups .

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations slammed the committee of MPs studying the government's major projects bill on Tuesday for failing to invite more witnesses.