Political quarterly update: Summer 2025 – Anishinabek News
September 4, 2025
The summer season has been a busy one for Anishinabek Nation! It has been very busy for the Political Office, with Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing the Economy Act, and C-5: One Canadian Economy Act, taking up a considerable amount of time and effort throughout the summer. It has been a busy season with numerous meetings, activities, protests, and forums. The focus has been on engaging with leadership to ensure the Anishinabek Nation is prepared to advance the interests of our Nations and be steadfast with one Anishinaabe voice, and as one Anishinaabe family in advancing those interests and advocacy efforts for all Anishinabek.
The Political Office is currently preparing for our regional meetings and the Fall Assembly. There will be an opportunity to strengthen our relationships in every region, and the Political Office will bring forward those priorities to the provincial and federal governments, while ensuring the messaging that our communities are the rights holders and will make any final decisions that may affect them. In spring, Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige reminded Ontario of the original relationship at the Standing Committee Hearings on Bill 5. Now that both Bill 5 and C-5 have passed, our focus has been on ensuring the Anishinabek Nation is prepared with a strategy to address these pieces of legislation prior to being implemented in Anishinabek territories. The vision for this exercise is to assert Anishinabek First Nation leadership in shaping, responding to (through participation or opposition), and ultimately benefiting from all development within Anishinabek First Nation lands. This shift from reactive opposition to proactive co-design or principle opposition is backed by inherent and Treaty rights, jurisdiction, capacity, and our economic readiness.
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