Russ Diabo

@RussDiabo

Kahnawake Mohawk, First Nations Policy Analyst. Editor & Publisher of the First Nations Strategic Bulletin. 2018 AFN National Chief Candidate.

Joined January 2012

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 32 m

Bill C-5 revealing itself as a Trojan horse designed to appease Alberta’s fossil fuel interests hilltimes.com/story/2025/07/… via @thehilltimes

RussDiabo's tweet card. If Bill C-5 is to have any credibility in a climate-constrained world, it must confront the deeper issue: Alberta’s entrenched dependence on oil royalties.

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Copper mine prioritized by B.C. government gets green light to run for an extra 18 years cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

RussDiabo's tweet card. Teck Resources Ltd. says its board has given the green light to extending the life of Canada's biggest copper mine by almost two decades, with an investment of up to $2.4 billion.

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Inside Indigenous backlash to fast-tracking mega projects - Transcript: cbc.ca/radio/frontbur…

RussDiabo's tweet card. Front Burner Transcript for July 24, 2025

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Blockade in La Doré: A predictable crisis: unifor.org/news/all-news/…

RussDiabo's tweet card. LA DORÉ, JULY 24, 2025 – In response to the blockade set up the Mamo First Nation at the Domtar sawmill in La Doré, Unifor condemns the government’s total lack of social dialogue in its reform of the...

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[Indian Act Bands take note!] Group of Carcross/Tagish First Nation citizens want self-government jobs to be more accessible cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

RussDiabo's tweet card. Several Carcross/Tagish First Nation citizens say throughout the years requirement for job positions within their government have changed, making them out-of-reach for some citizens. They want to see...

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 48 m

PM Mark Carney meeting with Inuit and First Nations leaders in Inuvik mytruenorthnow.com/80404/news/nwt… via @My True North Now

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Ontario NDP leader says Doug Ford must respect First Nations’ right to refuse development ricochet.media/indigenous/ont…

RussDiabo's tweet card. As Ford meets with Carney and premiers in Muskoka, Marit Stiles is touring the north, warning that Bill 5 strips environmental and Indigenous protections, and threatens to derail local development...

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What is Bill C-48, and why is it important to coastal first nations? aptnnews.ca/videos/what-is…

RussDiabo's tweet card. On July 22nd, Coastal First Nations' Great Bear initiative gave an open letter to PM...

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 53 m

As Canada's thickest glaciers melt, Yukon First Nations wonder what will happen if they disappear: cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

RussDiabo's tweet card. For generations, glaciers in the St. Elias mountain range of Yukon and Alaska have shaped the lives of local First Nations people. Today, those glaciers are melting at rapid rates due to climate...

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Coastal First Nations call for meeting with PM on upholding oil tanker moratorium aptnnews.ca/national-news/…

RussDiabo's tweet card. The Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative says the Prime Minister's talk of oil pipelines through their territories is concerning.

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I was at the First Nations C-5 summit. Carney isn’t listening: thenarwhal.ca/first-nations-…

RussDiabo's tweet card. I was at the First Nations summit on Bill C-5. It’s clear Mark Carney isn’t listening to Indigenous leaders.

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 2 h

Carney questioned on Jordan’s Principle, LNG as Inuvik visit begins cabinradio.ca/250388/news/po…

RussDiabo's tweet card. The prime minister described a "need" for more gas like Beaufort Delta LNG and suggested movement may come on Jordan's Principle and Inuit Child First funding.

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 12 h

Netanyahu stopped being choosy about whom he’s starving a while ago.

MMuhammad Shehada@muhammadshehad2 · Jul 24

🚨For the first time in their entire history, BBC, Reuters, AP & AFP say their journalists on the ground face death by starvation

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 12 h

It’s genocide Carney!

TThe Globe and Mail@globeandmail · 13 h

Carney condemns Israel over ‘humanitarian disaster’ in Gaza theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Celeste George@cie1947 · 13 h

Inuit leader says he's been reassured Bill C-5 won't violate modern treaties Natan Obed met PM in Inuvik, N.W.T., to discuss major projects bill [Yep, just old treaties! Colonizer double talk.] 🤥🤡 cbc.ca/news/politics/…

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Joey Bennet@JoeyNimkii · 13 h

Coward. Call it like it is…. GENOCIDE

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 14 h

From Trudeau to Carney the Liberals Termination Plan Remains the Same! 2018 - The Future of AFN - Russ Diabo Candidate & Concession Speeches youtu.be/JjT49-_q3wI?si… via @YouTube

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CPAC@CPAC_TV · 23 h

“C-5 fully respects all treaty rights, modern treaty rights, and environmental assessment consistent with those treaty rights,” says PM Carney in Inuvik, N.W.T., when asked about Inuit leaders' concerns that govt's major projects bill doesn’t respect modern treaties. #cdnpoli

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 15 h

[In SCC Restoule case, court makes a distinction b/t historic treaties & modern land claims treaties. Inuit have modern treaties & CIRNAC/ISC Ministers come from modern treaty areas!] Carney tells Inuit leaders C-5 ‘fully respects treaty rights’ nationalpost.com/news/mark-carn…

RussDiabo's tweet card. Carney tells Inuit leaders his new major projects law ‘fully respects treaty rights’

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Russ Diabo@RussDiabo · 16 h

Inuit leader says he's been reassured Bill C-5 won't violate modern treaties | CBC News cbc.ca/news/politics/…

RussDiabo's tweet card. Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting Inuit leaders Thursday in Inuvik as he ramps up his outreach to Indigenous communities about his plan to fast-track major nation-building projects.

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