First Nations say they’re ready to fight the big projects Carney wants to hurry through – The Logic

Jun 6, 2025

Leaders say they won’t let Indigenous rights be trampled in the rush to build major projects—and that they want in on crucial negotiations from the start

When Alvin Fiddler thinks back to the last time the federal government took a build-fast approach to major infrastructure projects, the first thing that comes to his mind is a small island on the Ottawa River, with a view of Parliament Hill.

The Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation visited Victoria Island in Ottawa in 2013, after former Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence erected a teepee on the park-like expanse and began a month-long hunger strike.

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