‘The honour of the Crown is not being upheld’: Indigenous leaders tell prime minister to start again with Bill C-5 – APTN News
Jun 16, 2025
Liberals and Conservatives passed a rare closure motion meaning that debate on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s controversial One Canadian Economy Act, or Bill C-5, will conclude by Friday despite serious concerns about Indigenous rights, climate protections and democratic process.
The rush forced Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed and President David Chartrand of the Manitoba Métis Federation to appear before the Senate Committee of the Whole just days after the legislation was introduced in the House of Commons.
With fires raging across northern territories forcing Indigenous communities to evacuate, Woodhouse Nepinak reminded the Senate that many chiefs have been unable to respond while Parliament insists on “ramming something through in seven to 14 days”
