Ottawa – Ottawa is asking the first nation heads to present his questions before the next week’s meeting with Prime Minister Mark Karney to discuss the bill of its government’s controversial major projects.
Bill C -5, Building allows the Cabinet, bypassing the existing laws to give federal approval for large industrial projects such as mines, ports and pipelines.
Carney promised to meet with first nations, as the heads said their rights were not respected to carry forward the bill through Parliament.
An invitation for the July 17 meeting shared with the Canadian press shows that the government is already asking the participants to submit their questions, and that they have the option to vote on the questions made by their companions.
Invitation says that the procedure “will help” expose shared preferences and bring the most pressure issues of the engagement session being used for comprehensive counseling.
The Assembly of the first nation’s national head Sindi Woodhouse Nepinak says that the major is united before the meeting and is still concerned in such a way that the law was pushed through Parliament with a very low input from the first nations.