Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde extended an olive branch to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt during a meeting Monday when he invited the minister with the national organization’s chiefs executive next week.
Donald Marshall spent 11 years in jail for a murder he didn’t commit.
Five federal cabinet ministers have been invited to attend a planned Feb. 27 roundtable in Ottawa to discuss the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women across the country.
Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau hosted a community feast in Iqaluit Monday evening.
Aboriginal organizations have faced $60 million worth of cuts from the Harper government over the past three years and Inuit groups were hit the hardest, according to an internal Assembly of First Nations analysis obtained by APTN National News.
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Opposition members claim Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq was heckling during the daily question period in the House of Commons while NDP leader Tom Mulcair was asking about an APTN Investigates story showing people in Rankin Inlet, NU foraging in their dump for food.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says the department will immediately cut funding and begin court action against any First Nation that refuses to comply with his government’s transparency law.
