Federal Conservative leader Pierre Polievre speaks to the Assembly of First Nations as National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak looks on Thursday, July 11, 2024 in Montreal.
In his first in-person speech to the Assembly of First Nations on Thursday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised chiefs a government led by him would reduce the federal government's role their lives and give them more say over their economic futures.
The Conservative leader pledged to cut bureaucracy at the federal level so that the revenue from resource extraction on Indigenous lands is used more directly to improve lives in First Nations communities.Those promises earned applause from those in attendance, rather than the boos he got with his December 2022 video message to the AFN. But not all delegates were pleased with what they heard Thursday.
Chief Judy Wilson of Neskonlith Indian Band in B.C., left and Mary Teegee, chief proxy from the Takla Lake First Nation, challenge Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during the Q&A session after his speech to the Assembly of First Nations in Montréal Thursday. Chief Wilson also called out Poilievre for not telling the AFN how he is going to tackle climate change.
The scene as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre makes his first in-person speech at the Assembly of First Nations. Some veterans and delegates quietly turn their back as he tries to reset the relationship with the AFN. pic.twitter.com/IBhqNLWPoXDuane Au Coin, a delegate and interim co-chair of the AFN's two-spirit council, was one of the delegates who turned their backs to Poilievre while he spoke.
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