Trudeau and Mulcair to address AFN gathering – Macleans

July 7, 2015

Liberals to release plan to bolster funding for aboriginal education

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is set to deliver a series of campaign-style commitments in Montreal as indigenous leaders meet for an annual gathering of the Assembly of First Nations.

In a speech this afternoon, Trudeau is poised to promise bolstered funding for aboriginal education.

Trudeau also plans to address the need to overhaul the relationship between First Nations and the federal government, such as targeting the growing socio-economic gap that exists between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians in areas including employment, Ottawa sources tell The Canadian Press.

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