OttawaTrudeau lowers expectations for swift, sweeping action on Indigenous issues’We can do this quickly or we can do this right,’ he says, challenging First Nations leaders to set priorities and then sign on to new policies
PoliticsJane Philpott has a lot on the line at Indigenous child-welfare summitIndigenous leaders arrive at two-day meeting voicing optimism but one warns ’there’ll be hell to pay’ if it doesn’t spark meaningful change
OpinionIndigenous people must become full partners in Canada’s health systemOpinion: Healthcare treatment isn’t being delivered equally to all people across Canada—and major work lies ahead to make that a reality
Politics’Terrible consequences:’ Jane Philpott on Indigenous children in foster careOverrepresentation of First Nations kids in the system is ’not that different’ from the legacy of residential schools, says the Indigenous services minister
PoliticsWhy Indigenous children are overrepresented in Canada’s foster care systemThe 2016 census revealed that Indigenous children still make up about half of children in Canada’s foster care system.
OttawaQ&A: Jane Philpott and Carolyn Bennett on their biggest challengesCanada’s two ministers of Indigenous affairs on the MMIW inquiry, First Nations child welfare, and a tuberculosis crisis in Canada’s north
SocietyJane Philpott moves on. Health Canada’s drug problems remain.The outgoing health minister leaves behind some of Ottawa’s hottest files, from the opioid crisis to a less-than-transparent drug-safety system
OttawaPlaying the Jane Philpott card: Trudeau shuffles the deckJustin Trudeau looks to one of his most capable cabinet ministers to deliver on Indigenous affairs, one of the government’s thorniest files
SocietyWhat a blood plasma-for-profit clinic means for public health careThe federal government has quietly approved a plasma-for-profit clinic in Saskatoon, drawing fiery criticism from politicians, scientists and patients
OttawaMaclean’s on the Hill: Jane Philpott on her 2017 prioritiesThis week’s politics podcast includes conversations with the Health minister, as well as Ottawa’s mayor and the Dominion Carilloneur