First Nations Leadership Council Welcomes the Passage of Rights Affirming Indigenous Child Welfare Legislation
JUNE 24, 2019 Coast Salish Traditional Territory/Vancouver: The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is pleased...
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FNLC Celebrates the Passing of Bill C-91, An Act Respecting Indigenous Languages
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – June 28, 2018) Today, Canada’s Governor General provided Bill C-91, An...
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Death of Bill C-262 a clear step backwards for reconciliation
Coast Salish Traditional Territory/Vancouver: The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) consisting of the executive members...
Read MoreProject 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...
Read More17 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...
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 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 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 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 MoreFirst Nations Summit Chiefs in Assembly Statement on the resignation of Puglaas, Jody Wilson-Raybould
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC — BC First Nations leaders, gathered today at the Musqueam Community...
Read MoreFirst Nations Leadership Council concerned about Federal Cabinet Shuffle and New Direction in Relationship
The First Nations Leadership Council is deeply concerned that the recent shuffle in the federal Liberal cabinet...
Read MoreTreaty Principals sign Accord to transform treaty negotiations in British Columbia
The Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia, and the First Nations Summit (the...
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