Premiers must act on violence, reconciliation: aboriginal leaders – Bay Today
July 14, 2015
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Dawn Lavell Harvard says the time for well-intentioned but often empty talk is over.
The president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, along with other national aboriginal leaders, will step up pressure for action when they meet Wednesday with provincial and territorial premiers in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L.
They’re calling for detailed work plans to go with the photo ops and communiques from their yearly sit-down with the Council of the Federation.
“The most pressing concern we have right now in our communities is the ongoing level of violence,” Lavell Harvard said from Ottawa.
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