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Standing Committee, Aboriginal Peoples – Notice of Meeting April 21 & 22, 2015
Previous Meeting Tuesday, April 21, 2015 9:30 AM Videoconference Televised live on PTN Video Webcast Subject to Change Location: Room 160-S, Centre Block Clerk : Jessica Richardson (613) 990-6087 AgendaStudy on challenges relating to First Nations infrastructure on reserves Witnesses Macdonald-Laurier Institute -Ken Coates, Senior Fellow in Aboriginal and Northern Canadian Issues (by video conference) […]
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2015 Dehcho Grand Chief Nominations Notice
The 2015 Annual General Assembly is an election year for the office of the Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief. DFN delegation will be electing the Grand Chief as per the 2008 AGA decision and direction. Dehcho First Nations Elections Committee has listed the following criteria for the Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief as follows: Demonstrated […]
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2015 AFN Annual General Assembly Notice
Assembly of First Nations 36th Annual General Assembly Montréal, Quebec July 7 – 9, 2015 The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) 36th Annual General Assembly (AGA) will take place on the Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke traditional territory – Montréal, Quebec. The AGA will be held in two venues, the Hotel Bonaventure Montréal (previously the Hilton […]
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Parliamentary Wrap Up March 30 – April 2, 2015
PARLIAMENTARY WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 30 – APRIL 2, 2015 Updates on Key Legislation pertaining to First Nations Please note: LEGISinfo, a website maintained by the Library of Parliament, provides comprehensive information on all legislation: http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/Home.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&ParliamentSession=41-2 Bill C-32: Canadian Victims Bill of Rights Act Currently at 3rd reading in the Senate – completed […]
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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Responds to Eyford Report on Comprehensive Land Claims Policy Reform
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Responds to Eyford Report on Comprehensive Land Claims Policy Reform April 8, 2015 (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today responded to the report by Ministerial Special Representative Douglas Eyford, “A New Direction: Advancing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights”. The report, […]
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Featured Video of the Day: Dene Chief Bill Erasmus and RCMP Sgt. Barry Ledoux speak to NWANWT
Published on Sep 5, 2014 Dene National Chief Bill Erasmus & RCMP Sgt. Barry Ledoux on NWT policing & the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women at the Native Women’s Association of the NWT AGM recorded live on Sept 5 2014. Have a video, podcast or story you would like featured here contact us with full information.
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Yukon government to meet with First Nations on mining initiatives
January 29, 2015 WHITEHORSE—Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski is encouraged to hear of Council of Yukon First Nations Grand Chief Ruth Massie’s support for the mining and exploration industries and will soon meet with Yukon First Nations to discuss several mining initiatives. The grand chief’s comments were made at the Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver on […]
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Premier and Cabinet takes its message to Ottawa with NWT Days
YELLOWKNIFE (January 26, 2015) – Bob McLeod, Premier of the Northwest Territories, will lead a delegation to Ottawa for a series of meetings and events with federal ministers from January 29-31, 2015. Premier McLeod will be accompanied by his entire Cabinet, Members of the Legislative Assembly, NWT Aboriginal government leaders and NWT business leaders. The […]
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Yukon Premier announces changes to Cabinet
January 16, 2015 WHITEHORSE—Premier Darrell Pasloski has announced a strengthened and diversified Cabinet and new roles for backbencher MLAs. The changes include one new member of Cabinet, as well as a new Government House Leader, both from rural Yukon. “I am proud of our government’s accomplishments and confident that these changes will put us in […]
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Results of Budget Dialogue 2014 Released
YELLOWKNIFE (January 15, 2015) – Participants in the 2014 Budget Dialogue expressed satisfaction with the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT’s) fiscal strategy to manage program expenditure pressures to help fund infrastructure investments and supportive of increasing revenues over the longer term through economic and population growth according to the Budget Dialogue report released today […]
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