Project approval illustrates need for passage of UN Declaration Implementation Act (Bill C-262)
Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – The First Nations Summit is disappointed with today’s...
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17 June 2019 – Open Letter to Parliamentarians: Stalling on Bills C-262 and C-337 undermines Canada’s democratic process, jeopardizes reconciliation and fails to protect human rights
A unanimous motion of the 338-member House of Commons said that two bills currently before...
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Hyperbole and misrepresentation must not prevent Senate passing Bill C-262
Statement from The Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples – June 11, 2019...
Read MoreConservative Senators’ Filibustering Threatens the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and the BC Federation of Labour...
Read MoreCheryl Casimer, Robert Phillips and Lydia Hwitsum First Nations Summit Political Executive
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver –Cheryl Casimer, Robert Phillips and Lydia Hwitsum have been elected to the...
Read MoreNew Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance First Nations and Federal public service institutions and facilitate horizontal cooperation
(Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia) The First Nations Public Service Secretariat (FNPSS) and the...
Read MoreImmediate action must be taken to stop the genocide
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – Leaders of the First Nations Summit (FNS) are calling on the...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit cautiously optimistic regarding Indigenous investments in Federal Budget 2019
Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – The First Nations Summit (FNS) leadership is encouraged...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit fully welcomes Federal Budget 2019 confirmation of treaty loan forgiveness
Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, British Columbia – The First Nations Summit leadership fully welcomes today’s...
Read MoreFirst Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) saddened by death of former Indigenous Youth Intern in air disaster
Coast Salish Traditional Territory/Vancouver: The First Nations Leadership Council is very saddened to hear of...
Read MoreFIRST NATIONS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL WELCOMES BILL C-92: AN ACT RESPECTING FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, AND MÉTIS CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES
(Musqueam Territory, Vancouver, BC – March 1, 2018) – The BC First Nations Leadership Council...
Read MoreComment: Indigenous languages are central to culture and survival – GRAND CHIEF EDWARD JOHN (AKILE CH’OH) and TRACEY HERBERT / Times Colonist
On Thursday, we celebrated International Mother Language Day to recognize the importance of language diversity...
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