Canadian Senate unanimously supports bill to end forced sterilization of Indigenous women

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For years, Indigenous women in Canada have been calling attention to an issue that has traumatized them: forced or coerced sterilization. One might think the so-called medical practice is a vestige of the past — but it still happens in Canada, inflicted mostly upon Indigenous women. Now, the Senate has unanimously supported a bill to finally end this deeply harmful and racist practice. Melissa Ridgen explains.

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A dispute over Indigenous consultation on expanding the Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., is testing the relationship between two cross-border First Nations governments.

The resort lies on the traditional territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation, and has fallen under the Westbank First Nation's jurisdiction for years.

"We cannot have another group in the United States now saying that they represent the lands that we have been caretaking for thousands of years," Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie said.

But the leaders of the Colville Confederated Tribes, whose reserve is in Washington state, say the expansion also falls on the homelands of the Sinixt, an Indigenous people with members and territory on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

Both groups say they represent the Sinixt people, and both want a say in development on their traditional territory.

The dispute comes three years after a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling recognized that the Sinixt hold certain rights as Indigenous people in Canada.

Once implemented, the decision's outcome promises to further define how the federal government recognizes the rights of Indigenous people who are not Canadian citizens, and set the tone for cross-border Indigenous consultation.

Michael Ballingall, senior vice-president of marketing and sales at Big White Ski Resort, said they have no comment on the dispute.

The resort is currently reviewing plans to expand, with the provincial government leading public engagement efforts and consultation on it.

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