Head of Québec chiefs says province must hold its own independent inquiry
Ghislain Picard responds to province’s decision not to hold an inquiry into relationship between police and First Nation communities.
Ghislain Picard
Letter requests inclusion of First Nations police in Val d’Or investigation
APTN National News A letter sent to Quebec’s minister of Public Safety Wednesday, and obtained…
AFNQL asks Harper to sack his Aboriginal Affairs minister “immediately” in the name of reconciliation
Julien Gignac APTN National News The Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations for…
Electoral battle heating up as chiefs cast first ballot in race for AFN national chief
As chiefs began casting votes in the first ballot of the election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, no candidate appears to have a lock on the two regions with the largest number of possible votes: British Columbia and Ontario.
Bellegarde leads the way in AFN campaign spending, donations
Assembly of First Nations candidates Perry Bellegarde, Ghislain Picard and Leon Jourdain released their campaign expenses and donor lists Wednesday.
Only 1 AFN national chief candidate pledges to release campaign expenses, donor list
Only one of the three candidates for national chief pledged Tuesday evening to publicly reveal their campaign expenses and donor information submitted to the Assembly of First Nations chief electoral officer.
AFN candidates make their case on eve of national chief vote
The three candidates for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations made their cases, Tuesday, to about 400 chiefs who gathered at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
Who will be elected AFN’s National Chief? InFocus live on location Dec. 10
APTN InFocus: On Wednesday, December 10th at 6:30pm ET we’re putting the election of National…
National Chief candidate Ghislain Picard says no point in dealing with Harper government
APTN National News In just over a week, chiefs from across Canada will converge on…
