US EditionFormer national chief calls for list of demands as PM, premiers talk infrastructure
- Former Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine has urged current leaders to quickly convene a gathering of chiefs to formulate a set of demands for government authorities.
- Fontaine's call responds to Prime Minister Mark Carney's Monday meeting with premiers in Saskatoon to discuss fast-tracking projects deemed in the national interest.
- Fontaine warns that accelerating project approvals excludes First Nations from key discussions and threatens their rights under the Constitution and international law.
- Speaking to a crowd of hundreds outside Queen's Park on Monday, Fontaine encouraged leaders to demonstrate their identity firmly yet with compassion.
- The emergency meeting aims to unify First Nations' responses amid planned federal legislation, with leaders warning they may revive Indigenous movements if excluded from consultations.
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Former national chief calls for list of demands as PM, premiers talk infrastructure
The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for an emergency meeting of chiefs to come up with demands for Canada’s governments as they look to fast-track projects they see as in the “national interest.”
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St Catharines StandardAssembly of First Nations Chief reminds Carney of his duty to ensure Indigenous consent for fast-tracking projects
The AFN warned that parliamentary committees – where proposed laws are studied in depth –cannot accommodate “the numbers of First Nations likely wishing to engage on a matter of this magnitude and significance” nor do committee hearings provide the in-depth…
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