Indigenous leaders ‘not allowed’ to fully partake in ministers’ meeting on public safety, says national chief
Indigenous leaders ‘not allowed’ to fully partake in ministers’ meeting on public safety, says national chief

A woman in a headdress speaks into a microphone.

The head of the Assembly of First Nations says she’s disappointed Indigenous leaders aren’t allowed to fully participate in this week’s first ministers’ meeting on public safety. Instead, Indigenous politicians got just an afternoon to address federal, provincial and territorial ministers before they were excluded, said National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak.