capitalism

Capitalism cannot “fix” First Nations’ relationship with Canadian government

By Canadian University Press February 12, 2012

While there has long been a “moral imperative” argument to renew indigenous-Canada relations, the idea that there is an economic imperative to “fix” this relationship is a relatively new one, emerging after a series of Canadian court cases in the 1990s obligated government and industry to consult indigenous communities before extracting resources from their territories.