Pam Palmater
@Pam_Palmater
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Mi'kmaw lawyer // Ugpi'ganjig (Eel River Bar First Nation) // Warrior Life Podcast // Posts not legal advice // https://t.co/3klEbxuFdp
Toronto, ON
Joined April 2009
Serena’s story is a stark reminder of how Canada’s criminal legal and penal systems continue to retraumatize and criminalize Indigenous women – failing to meaningfully account for their lived experiences. Read Serena's Story here: https://t.co/72txMJ2GWb
#JusticeReform #SenCa
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The conviction and sentencing of Serena Tobaccojuice is one of the most troubling illustrations of how Canada’s criminal legal and penal systems persistently fail Indigenous women and girls. Serena,...
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My latest for @IRPP Reconciliation can't wait another generation: end Canada's second-generation cut-off for Indian registration. #firstnations #reconciliation #charter #indianact #equality
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UBCIC celebrates the Senate Committee's decision to amend Bill S-2 to remove the 2nd gen cut off & prevent legislated extinction of FNs. We call on Canada to legally remove all remaining discrimination from the Indian Act #EndDiscrimination READ MORE:
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Last week, UNHR presented to the UN Committee Against Torture details on Israel’s widespread, systematic & brutal torture of Palestinians. Click the link below to read our report. https://t.co/pljfVVLOtg
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Submitted October 10, 2025; republished November 13, 2025 Introduction
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Of all the "threats" to Canada, First Nations have not been one of them. It's our land, and the last thing we want is for anyone to be hurt. Example of Canada's deeply racist policies about us being dangerous. #racism
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Canada's spies subjected Indigenous activists to a series of “Native extremism” investigations for at least a decade beginning in 1988, in what internal documents show was a countrywide surveillance...
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To all the Canadian podcasters and those who work on Canadian podcasts, please consider supporting an Indigenous podcast & vote for my Warrior Life Podcast for the Outstanding Indigenous Series category! #indigenous #firstnations #mikmaq #podcasts
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Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
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The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.
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Day768 of the Palestinian genocide. Genocide survivors living in rain-flooded tents. Images of tortured detainees spreading online. Apartheid Israel still selling weapons worldwide,even in Europe, where conferences on Palestine are cancelled. If this doesn’t nauseate us,what will
My wife and I just spoke with our families in Gaza. Most of them told us they’ll be sleeping tonight on mattresses and blankets completely soaked with rainwater. More than half of our relatives are children, some under the age of five. And yes, tonight they will sleep on wet
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"Frustration" with the lack of prison reform is widespread. Failure to respect the rule of law, Charter rights, the CCRA, and human decency is common. Passive and active resistance to recommended reforms is the norm. Public Inquest needed. https://t.co/WAQDVgAtPM
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A watchdog that investigates the fair and humane treatment of federal prisoners is leaving his post two years early after becoming exasperated with what he says is the government’s unwillingness to...
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The statutory release of convicted killer Shawn Lamb, the early departure of Canada’s prison watchdog Ivan Zinger, and COP30 on this week’s Truth and Politics panel with @Niigaanwewidam and @Pam_Palmater
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"Tessler says the case underscores how there's still a segment of police culture that will stay silent about officers involved in criminal activities." The Police Code of Silence exists in all police services. Effort to root it out must be constant. https://t.co/7GNssqtbls
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The guilty plea of a Winnipeg police officer is exposing how corruption influenced others in the force and the importance of the service improving the supervision of its members to regain public...
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Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system. https://t.co/5GdJLL2yVy
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Ivan Zinger, Canada's prison watchdog says he's leaving his job early due to the lack of progress on Indigenous issues in penitentiaries.
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"Ontario Civilian Police Commission says police service, board obstructed investigation" Deep rot. #Police
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An Ontario Civilian Police Commission report into the workplace culture, policies and procedures of the Durham Regional Police Service and its board has found it was a toxic workplace where officials...
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As some senators push to add the second-generation Status cut off to Bill S-2's removal of sex-based discrimination from the Indian Act, the Indigenous Services minister wants the bill to go forward as is. That story and more on APTN News Brief:
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Our lead story: as some senators push to add the second-generation Status cut off to Bill S-2's removal of sex-based discrimination from the Indian Act, the Indigenous Services minister wants the b...
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Congratulations to the UCP and Danielle Smith and their antivax, conspiracy theorist supporters on this achievement. #abpoli
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The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
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A must read. "They failed to report the infection at the start, were uncooperative with CFIA since, disregarded quarantine orders, invited a convoy to the farm while under quarantine. In short, 'They’ve broken every basic concept of infection control'." https://t.co/asnaWXf80S
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The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.
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