Joanna Bernard

As Indigenous leaders engage in heated debate over a federal bill that would formalize several Métis self-governance agreements, the Liberal minister for Crown-Indigenous relations is expected to face tough questions on Wednesday afternoon.

A Federal Court judge verbally approved a landmark $23-billion settlement on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, that will see Ottawa compensate more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families over chronic underfunding of on-reserve child-welfare services.

On Wednesday, the Assembly of First Nations released its National Climate Strategy detailing a First Nations lens on the climate crisis that is more focused on language and cultural revitalization and the reciprocal relationship with the natural world.

Hundreds of Indigenous leaders are gathering today in Halifax for the start of the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly, where they will hear from their new interim national chief for the first time.