A new report from the Fraser Institute has raised alarms about the escalating costs and inefficiencies of Canada’s specific claims process.
Specific Claims: An Out-of-Control Program, penned by Tom Flanagan, Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, details how the federal government’s handling of Indigenous claims has led to a surge in settlements, with $7.1 billion paid out in fiscal year 2024/25 alone.
Flanagan argues that the process has become a “perpetual motion machine” generating ever-larger claims with little transparency.
