AFN Leaders Debate Water Bill and Fast-Track Project Push
Chiefs are weighing a water bill that drops explicit clean-water rights as 53 resolutions also target major projects and consultation rules.
- On Tuesday, hundreds of First Nations chiefs gathered at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa for the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting, beginning three days of debates on 53 resolutions and policy discussions.
- AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak criticized the government's new water bill, C-37, arguing it weakens protections by replacing explicit recognition of the human right to safe water with a commitment to 'progressive realization'.
- Following Monday's water walk where more than 100 people gathered, Chief Greg Sarazin of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation described his community's nearly 40-year struggle to secure safe water just 120 kilometres from Ottawa.
- Debate intensified over the federal government's one-year consultation timeline for major projects, with Woodhouse Nepinak warning these reforms could undermine approval legitimacy and threaten constitutional obligations to Indigenous peoples.
- The fall meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney was described by Woodhouse Nepinak as a 'big test' of the government's ability to reconcile economic growth with First Nations rights and constitutional obligations.
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First Nations chiefs to debate major projects, Indian Act changes in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Hundreds of First Nations chiefs are gathering in Ottawa today for the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting. They'll be debating 53 separate resolutions during the three-day gathering.
Assembly of First Nations gathers for summer assembly amid concerns about water bill, major projects
First Nations leaders are gathering in Ottawa for three days to debate and discuss issues like fast-tracking major projects, new proposed drinking water legislation, and a promised first ministers' meeting with the prime minister and premiers.
AFN Chief says assembly will tackle effect of major projects push on First Nations rights
By Alessia Passafiume Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says chiefs will focus on major projects and a coming meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers when the AFN’s annual general assembly starts Tuesday. Woodhouse Nepinak says the federal government’s approach to major projects development is raising concerns about possible threats to the rights of First Nations. She says First Nations are not opp…
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Chief says assembly will tackle effect of major projects push on First Nations rights
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says chiefs will focus on major projects and a coming meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers when the AFN's annual general assembly starts Tuesday.
Major projects and an upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and provincial premiers will be at the heart of the debates at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Meeting, said National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak on Monday.
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