Nation to Nation

On the season finale of Nation to Nation, Karyn Pugliese is joined by NDP leader Avi Lewis. They discuss rebuilding his party and trust with Indigenous people, not having a seat in Parliament and ongoing nuclear waste talks. The NDP are rebuilding from a weak place, but Lewis and his party hopes touring the country to hear first hand what needs to be done is a step in the right direction. • • • AP...

On this week's Nation to Nation, host Karyn Pugliese discusses the federal government saying we may need to double electricity output as a nation by 2050. The cost of Canada's electricity demand is increasing and to handle the demand, projects may cross First Nation territories. Karyn also speaks to Indigenous leaders in the electricity and renewable energy sector to discuss who benefits from thes...

Mary Simon's time as governor general has come to an end, closing a historic chapter for Rideau Hall, for Indigenous Peoples and Canada. This week, the Nation to Nation journalists' panel reflected on her time in office and her legacy. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

Auditor General of Canada Karen Hogan joins host Karyn Pugliese on this week's episode of Nation to Nation to discuss what really happened when the federal government moved numerous First Nations to a funding system that provided more autonomy. Also on the show, Conservative MP Billy Morin discusses files he's been tracking at Indigenous Services Canada; Bill S-2, that seeks the end of the second-...

Karyn Pugliese is joined by chair of the First Nations Financial Management Board Harold Calla on Nation to Nation to discuss what First Nation leaders should demand at their First Ministers meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the fall. To Calla, economic reconciliation means First Nations should be treated as governments with power to shape economic decisions that affect their lands ahead...

With the new Liberal majority, they can now push through legislation. However, AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse hopes that actually means finally moving on long overdue laws and protections for First Nations. From clean water legislation, the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act and the federal-provincial-territorial First Ministers meeting, there is a lot that must be done with this new...

Economic reconciliation is moving from an abstract idea to a practical question of how to make it real, as Prime Minister Mark Carney places economic growth, energy development, infrastructure, critical minerals, and northern expansion at the centre of his agenda. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https...

Although the government has announced funding for emergency management for First Nations, the $55.6 million dedicated to emergency floods, wildfires and more is a far cry to what was spent in previous years. CEO of the Indigenous Reconciliation Group and a columnist at the Hill Times Rose LeMay joins host Karyn Pugliese to talk about the funding and how the Liberal party is now one seat away of ha...

The head of the Chiefs of Ontario says the organization is eager to move ahead on an $8.5 billion agreement on long-term reform in First Nations child welfare after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a deal with the federal government on Monday. Host Fraser Needham chats with guests about the $8.5 billion deal, new NDP Leader Avi Lewis and the new head of the U.S. Department of Homeland S...

An Ottawa reporter who covers Indigenous affairs on Parliament Hill weighs in on Prime Minister Mark Carney's first year in office. Host Fraser Needham chats with guests on what the prime minister has or has not done yet in office, including talking about the proposed second-generation cut off to the Indian Act. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https:...

MP Lori Idlout says she believes she can have more influence within the government instead of from the outside looking in. Idlout felt frustrated being a part of an opposition party that severely lacked resources due to the loss of caucus funding after the NDP were reduced to low seat numbers in the House of Commons. She joined host Fraser Needham to talk about her decision to join the Liberal Par...

Cindy Blackstock, the head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society says the federal government's funding commitment for Jordan's Principle misses the mark. $1.55 billion in new funding for the program was announced and is supposed to see it through to the end of March of 2027. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more...

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says residents of Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario are reaching a breaking point after being evacuated from their homes for close to two months due to a water crisis. The community has been without access to safe drinking water since early January after their water treatment system broke down. • • • APTN National News, our stories told ou...

Indigenous communities are at the forefront of anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, not only in solidarity with immigrant neighbours, but because other Native Americans are being detained as well. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

As democratic institutions face pressure in the United States, some are pointing to Russia as a warning. After a brief democratic opening, freedoms were rolled back when Vladimir Putin took power in 1999. Free press does not exist. Indigenous climate activist Daria Egereva was jailed after speaking at the United Nations. Cultural Survival is calling for her release. Why are those who lived through...

Greenland, an Inuit-majority territory that has spent decades slowly pushing toward greater self-determination, suddenly found itself pulled back into the centre of great-power politics. For years, the territory — which is formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark — has been navigating a careful process of decolonization. That trajectory is now under pressure because of the constant talk from U.S. P...

Chiefs from across the country are proposing that the federal government be removed from having control over how the on-reserve First Nations child welfare system is run. The details are contained in a plan that was submitted by the National Chiefs' Children's Committee to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in late December. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for...

APTN's reporter in Iqaluit says U.S. President Donald Trump's continued threats to annex Greenland is having a direct effect on the people of Nunavut. Aside from proximity, Greenland and Nunavut are both northern and remote territories that have small populations, the majority of which are Inuit. Both are also of high interest to both Western and Eastern superpowers because of their locations in t...

As Nation to Nation looks ahead to 2026, flashpoints are forming in Indigenous–Crown politics. Long ‑ delayed drinking water legislation is back on the agenda, raising questions about whether promised First Nations governance over source water — and the funding to make it happen — will survive. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear...

On this episode of Nation to Nation, three journalists who've spent the year covering Indigenous–federal politics sat down for a blunt look at where things stand. The verdict? Canada may have entered a post-reconciliation era and the cracks are starting to show. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https:/...

Two separate processes, now in motion to try to end long-standing discrimination in the federal on-reserve child-welfare system, will take important steps this month. Chiefs in Ontario are seeking approval from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a regional reform agreement, while First Nations leaders in the rest of the country, represented by the National Chief's Children's Council (NCCC), wi...

The Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly opened this week with a blunt assessment from National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who told delegates the federal government had fallen short on key promises. But the national chief also marked one significant win, an agreement securing a First Nations seat at the First Ministers meeting. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • APT...

Sweeping changes to Bill S-2 that would eliminate the second-generation cutoff from the Indian Act will face a crucial vote in the Senate on Tuesday. If the amendments are approved, they will mark a historic step toward ending decades of gender-based discrimination in First Nations status law—but they also risk delaying the bill's original goal, resolving a Charter challenge. That's on this episod...

The Carney government's first budget passed with opposition support, but not everyone backed it. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout explains why she abstained. Plus, renewed plans for a gas pipeline in B.C. face opposition from Lax'yip Firekeepers. And $2.8 billion earmarked for off-reserve housing remains unspent. We hear from advocates calling for action. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation. • • • AP...

Ottawa's big push on critical minerals and what it means for communities. Mark Carney calls mining Canada's way out of U.S. trade dependence. One chief in Ontario says he's being pressured to approve a project that could threaten local water. In the Yukon, a gold mine spill has damaged public trust. And an Inuk deputy minister warns Ottawa is moving forward without consent. That's on this episode...