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Key ministers to address Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa today
Federal ministers engaged with First Nations leaders on Budget 2025 and addressed concerns over an Alberta pipeline deal and tanker ban amid a record number of cabinet attendees.
- Yesterday, a handful of federal cabinet ministers addressed the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa, with two panels featuring Mandy Gull-Masty, Rebecca Alty, and François-Philippe Champagne.
- Chiefs unanimously passed a resolution demanding the memorandum of understanding signed last week be rescinded and to uphold the northern B.C. tanker ban, amid an emergency AFN resolution earlier this week.
- Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson was removed from public panels and met offstage with British Columbia chiefs and Treaty 6 chiefs after government organizers shuffled the agenda on Wednesday.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney committed to a federal-provincial-territorial meeting with First Nations early in the new year and pledged to table clean drinking water legislation in the spring, while AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said Budget 2025 failed First Nations and criticized the timeline.
- Bill C-5 created the fast-track projects office tied to parliamentary timelines, while Indigenous Services Canada revised Jordan's Principle in February, increasing documentation requirements that challenge some First Nations.
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OTTAWA—A number of important federal ministers, including Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, spoke at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) meeting in Ottawa on Thursday. However, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson, who is contributing to the implementation of Prime Minister Mark Carney's Major Projects Program, was removed from the agenda when he was originally scheduled to appear before the Chiefs on Thursday. Mr. Hodgson's office indicated …
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