Madam Chair, leaders from five Dene first nation communities in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are slamming the federal government for suddenly backing away from a land resource deal after concerns were raised with indigenous groups in the Northwest Territories. This is known as the north of 60 agreement. The information we have from the Dene people is that they were told at the 11th hour that negotiations were off, even though they were on their way to sign the agreement. Why was that?
In the House of Commons on December 9th, 2019. See this statement in context.