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FROM THE MOMENT he took office, Prime Minister Mark Carney made moves to show his commitment to Indigenous peoples. In March, he met with the leaders of the three main Indigenous organizations: the Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. In May, amid US president Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty, King Charles III delivered a...
Some First Nations leaders sharply chastised Pierre Poilievre on Thursday after they said his first speech to the Assembly of First Nations’ annual general assembly ignored the pressing social issues facing their communities. Speaking to more than 330 First Nations chiefs and representatives at the gathering in Montreal, the Conservative party leader mapped out how a federal government led by...
Nine years after Justin Trudeau came to power campaigning on a new relationship with Indigenous people, Indigenous leaders say his government’s once considerable rate of progress is slowing — and they are worried about that momentum reversing if the Conservatives topple the Liberals in the next election. As they mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, leaders of three national organizations say...
Autumn Peltier was 12 years old when she rose to international prominence after telling off the prime minister for his broken promises to Indigenous people. The young girl from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island in northern Ontario — who has been a water advocate since the age of eight — was asked to gift Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with...