What ever happened to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most important relationship?
What ever happened to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most important relationship?

 By Alessia Passafiume THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA-The first mandate letters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his cabinet ministers in 2015 said no relationship was more important to him, and to the country, than the one with Indigenous Peoples. He called for a new nation-to-nation relationship, one based on the recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership. He promised to end boil-water advisories in First Nations communities within five years. He said constitutionally guaranteed rights of First Nations are a sacred obligation. “I know that renewing our relationship is an ambitious goal. But I am equally certain that it is one we can, and will, achieve if we work together,” Trudeau told the Assembly of First Nations in December 2015. “This is a responsibility I take seriously, and I have instructed

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