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Bennett talks inquiry, other Northern issues in Yellowknife 0
- Politics
- January 12, 2016
An inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls will launch by the summer, but its final form has yet to be determined.

By Craig Gilbert
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‘Caribou Legs’ reaches Ottawa in latest cross-country water protection marathon 0
- Environment
- September 22, 2015
Three-and-a-half-months after setting off from Vancouver, ultra marathon runner and water protection activist Brad Firth – also known as Caribou Legs – has reached Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

By Dali Carmichael
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A leader who fails on multiple fronts 0
- Editorial
- July 13, 2015
Soon after she was elected the Conservative MP for Nunavut in 2008, Leona Aglukkaq was appointed to Cabinet by the Prime Minister, and many Northerners, indigenous Canadians and women were optimistic that having one of their own representing at such a high level meant good things would come; but in time, disappointment prevailed.

By Northern Journal
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Making a mockery of Parliament disrespects all Canadians 0
- Editorial
- September 29, 2014
The condescending, double-speak rebuttal to the question last week in Parliament from the leader of the Opposition on the extent and timeline of the current Canadian Forces mission in Iraq from the prime minister’s principal secretary, Paul Calandra, led to a furor that continues to resonate. That Calandra’s behavior is under scrutiny is a good thing, for he and others like him are denigrating Parliament, and that disrespects all Canadians.

By Northern Journal
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Protecting democracy is the job of us all 1
- Editorial
- September 22, 2014
Those who followed the Scottish referendum on independence, the push by many there to form a separate country (45 per cent voted “Yes!”), will appreciate that the win by the “No” side means the United Kingdom (UK), which is seen as too often pursuing the interests of “the London elite,” will now evolve into a federation roughly the same as what we have in Canada.

By Northern Journal
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The Grinch who stole Parliament 0
- Opinion
- December 16, 2013
This is an excerpt from the Christmas letter from Green Party leader Elizabeth May to her supporters: What I see daily as an MP is routine contempt for all our Parliamentary institutions. Bills are forced through with time allocations, breaking all historical records for shutting down debate. In the 40 year period from 1917-1957, I found seven examples of time allocation. In the last two years, it has happened 50 times.

By Elizabeth May
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