AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde says First Nations have a right to be at the table
National chief of the Assembly of First Nations Perry Bellegarde is raising concerns about Saskatchewan's social services minister referring to national Indigenous leaders as lobbyists.The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is raising concerns about Saskatchewan’s social services minister referring to national Indigenous groups as lobbyists.
“It creates a little bit of an issue if we can’t, as a provincial and territory , have a conversation with our federal minister without a lobbyist in the room,” he said in a recent interview.In a letter obtained Friday by The Canadian Press, AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde told Merriman that First Nations are neither lobbyists nor stakeholders.
Bellegarde said, with Saskatchewan’s high rates of Indigenous children in care, the status quo in the province is not acceptable.“At a very basic level, it simply makes sense to include First Nations on matters that impact them.”
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