First Nation leaders meet with ministers – The Chronicle Journal
November 22, 2016
First Nation leaders from Northwestern Ontario and across the province are discussing community safety, education, community wellness, infrastructure and the environment with cabinet ministers this week in Toronto.
Several dozen aboriginal leaders are at a Leaders in the Legislature event with Premier Kathleen Wynne and cabinet ministers to discuss collaborative actions on First Nations issues.
“It’s only been over a year since we signed the political accord with the province of Ontario and over this time we have moved forward on some major issues and the province has made good on the commitment to a renewed government-to-government relationship,” Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day said Monday.
The four-day Leaders in the Legislature event consists of a series of discussions between First Nations leaders and cabinet ministers addressing topics such as resource benefit/revenue sharing, treaty recognition, health, economic development, mental well-being, health, ending boil water advisories; and murdered and missing indigenous women and girls.
