Brett Forester

Reporter

Brett Forester is a reporter with CBC Indigenous in Ottawa. He is a member of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation in southern Ontario who previously worked as a journalist with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

Latest from Brett Forester

Ontario First Nations approve $8.5B regional deal on child and family services reform

First Nations chiefs in Ontario have overwhelmingly approved a carve-out agreement on child and family services reform, after the Assembly of First Nations rejected a $47.8-billion national offer last fall.

Canada won't meet with new commission on First Nations child welfare reform, chair says

Canada refuses to meet with a new First Nations commission established to renegotiate a landmark, but rejected, multibillion-dollar agreement on child and family services reform, according to chairperson Chief Pauline Frost.

RCMP caused 'serious interference' with press freedom in 2020 Wet'suwet'en raid, review body finds

The RCMP unreasonably blocked media access and arbitrarily detained a Gitxsan reporter five years ago in a raid on Wet’suwet’en-led blockades in northern British Columbia, the force’s review body says in a new report.

Algonquin community wins part of court challenge over nuclear waste dump near Ottawa River

An Algonquin First Nation in Quebec is declaring victory after a federal judge upheld part of its court challenge to a proposed radioactive waste dump to be built about a kilometre away from the Ottawa River.

New Métis National Council president admits it could see funding cut, eyes 'unfinished business'

The Métis National Council could see funding cuts as it grapples with the rapid withdrawal of two provincial members, the organization’s new president says. In a wide-ranging interview, Victoria Pruden lays out her vision for the embattled organization's future.

Survivors' Secretariat denied funding to continue search for missing children, unmarked graves

An organization leading efforts to investigate Canada’s oldest and longest-running Indian residential school, fear they’ve been denied federal funding as punishment for criticizing the Liberal government, putting their search for missing children and unmarked burials at the Mohawk Institute in jeopardy.

AFN regional chiefs accuse national chief of stoking division on child welfare reform

Six regional chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations say their leader is stoking division among the organization over the issue of child welfare reform, suggesting she may be too cozy with the Canadian government.

Indigenous Services routinely fails to spend millions approved for children's programs, document shows

Indigenous Services Canada fails to spend tens of millions of dollars approved for use on two high-demand children's programs — money which then "lapses," or expires, under federal accounting rules, official data show.

Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada

Ecuador’s largest Indigenous organization is vowing to fight a proposed free trade agreement with Canada. Critics say the deal favours mining corporations and could encourage human rights abuses in the ecologically and culturally diverse South American country.

Manitoba Métis Federation calls allegation of conspiracy to harm national council inflammatory, damaging

There is no evidence a former Métis National Council administration engaged in scorched earth political warfare to harm the organization and empower the Manitoba Métis Federation, just before the federation withdrew from the council in 2021, an ongoing civil trial has heard.