Key federal ministers address Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa as Hodgson bows out

Toronto Star: Energy Minister Tim Hodgson and Defence Minister David McGuinty have been taken off the agenda, despite previously being scheduled to appear.

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Hodgson landed in hot water last week when he brushed off concerns from Coastal First Nations about his failure to meet with them before signing the pipeline agreement with Alberta.

“It’s called Zoom,” Hodgson quipped on CBC’s Power and Politics when asked about Coastal First Nations president Marilyn Slett’s inability to make the trip to Vancouver on short notice for a meeting…