April 29, 202504-29-25 FNS PR re 2025 federal election
(Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, BC) – First Nations Summit (FNS) leaders congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals following yesterday’s federal election which as of now has the Liberal party winning enough seats to form a minority government.
“Congratulations to Prime Minister Carney and the Liberals. We encourage the Prime Minister and his caucus to take the necessary steps to ensure a stable government over the next four years where Indigenous issues are at the centre of the government agenda,” said Chief Cheryl Casimer of the First Nations Summit Political Executive. “We must work together to address pressing issues of importance to our communities including continuing implementation of the Recognition and Reconciliation of Rights Policy for Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia (RRR Policy), which adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a foundation for the BC treaty negotiations framework and provides for the recognition and continuation of unextinguished Indigenous titles and rights, including the right of self-determination, as the starting point for negotiations. The minority government must also continue with fulsome implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, addressing the devastating opioid emergency, ongoing work to end the Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people crisis, including implementation of the 231 Calls for Justice, and justice and policing reform, to name a few.”