Chief says feds’ engagement with First Nations ‘needs to improve,’ after ‘very limited’ contact on major projects

The Hill Times: “There’s a lot more work that needs to be done in terms of consultation; duty to consult; free, prior, and informed consent,” Kyra Wilson, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said in an interview with The Hill Times at the Assembly of First Nations’ (AFN) special chiefs assembly, explaining that engagement with First Nations in her province has been “very limited” thus far. 

Consultation “has not really occurred to the extent” that it should have, she said, pointing to the province’s Port of Churchill project, which the feds referred to the Major Projects Office (MPO) in its first list of projects on Sept. 11…