The co-optation of words like “reconciliation” to create a false sense of progress from colonial states like Canada is not lost upon us. If we were to meaningfully engage with “reconciliation” in the context of the economy, it needs to be led by Indigenous peoples, and requires true, systemic change. This then begs the question of… is Canada even capable of economic reconciliation with Indigenous communities?

As colonial leadership shifts across what is now known as North America, many are bracing for the inevitable impacts of the changing political landscape both in so-called Canada and south of the medicine line in the United States of America and Mexico.

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ICA Responds to AER Report on the Imperial Oil Ltd Tailings Spill:

In Canada, the translation is simple: any expansion of the fossil fuel industry -- whether it’s via increasing tar sands extraction in Alberta, fracking LNG in BC, or offshore oil drilling in Nova Scotia -- is fundamentally in conflict with securing a safe climate.