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The feds’ Bill C-5 seeks to speed up project approvals to two years
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak slammed the Liberal government for wanting to ram through legislation aimed at fast-tracking the development of large projects, arguing Prime Minister Mark Carney is not off to a great “start” on reconciliation.
Nepinak was flanked by AFN B.C. regional chief Terry Teegee and B.C. First Nations Justice Council chair Kory Wilson to release the organization’s justice strategy on Wednesday. But much of her criticism was directed at Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s Bill C-5.
“You want to have this big national discussion. You don’t want to end up back in court. You don’t want to have civil unrest. Why not just invite us to the table, then? Let’s talk,” she said. “It seems like First Nations always need to litigate, and then we get process and results later.”
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