Exploring Theme: "Legislative and Institutional Issues"

‘I think it’s important to get this passed,’ said Chief Pauline Frost, after vote was delayed CBC News: Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Pauline Frost expressed disappointment that she did not get to see the proposed Yukon Health Authority Act become law this week. The legislation, which would create a new, arm’s-length organization to carry out front-line health care in...

A counsellor at work (CTV News Vancouver) NationTalk: Windspeaker.com – The decision by Alberta to regulate counsellor therapy through the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) will not meet the urgency of mental health care required by Indigenous populations in the province. Letters sent from Treaty 6 and Treaty 8 nations in February to provincial ministers...