‘If all else fails, we will blockade’: Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped
‘If all else fails, we will blockade’: Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped

By Kelly Geraldine Malone THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON- Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades.   “Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said.   “If all else fails, we will blockade.”   The Saskatchewan First Act passed its second reading in November. The bill would unilaterally amend the Constitution to assert provincial jurisdiction over resources and set up a tribunal to be used in future court cases.   Cameron said he will no longer be asking to sit down with the Saskatchewan Party government to discuss the legislation, which he says is unconstitutional and infringes on Indigenous rights.   Premier Scott Moe has said the

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