Prime Minister Mark Carney is addressing First Nations leaders at a summit aimed at alleviating concerns surrounding Bill C-5, which allows fast-tracked approvals for national interest projects. Critics, including Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, argue that the bill was passed without adequate consultation and express the need for amendments addressing First Nations rights and infrastructure gaps. Mixed opinions exist among over 600 First Nations, and summit participants stress that true consultation requires First Nations to have a leading role in the agenda.
"Our rights cannot be implemented or respected without us, in substance and in process. They cannot be respected after the fact."
"If it was [true consultation] we wouldn't be here, we would be running the agenda, and this is not the case today."
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