FIRST READING: Carney didn’t meet ‘coastal First Nations,’ he met an environmentalist group named Coastal First Nations – National Post

Jan 15, 2026

Coastal First Nations is an activist group endorsed by just eight of the more than 70 First Nations on the B.C. coast

This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney flew to B.C. for a meeting with “Coastal First Nations,” crediting them as ancient guardians of the Pacific Coast.

“Coastal First Nations have stewarded the waters of the B.C. North Coast from time immemorial,” he wrote in a statement.

But Carney didn’t meet with a governing body representing the more than 100 First Nations on the B.C. coast. In fact, he didn’t meet with an Indigenous governing body of any kind.

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