Month: January 2021
National Chief Welcomes Step Toward Distinctions-Based Health Legislation for First Nations
/(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde welcomes today’s announcement by Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller to engage with First Nations and Indigenous leaders to transform the health system in Canada. Minister Miller today announced efforts toward the co-development of distinctions-based health legislation, starting with pre-engagement consultation with First Nations, […]
Read more »National Chief Calls for Immediate Engagement with First Nations to Address Racism in Canada’s Health Systems
/(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde reiterated recommendations and called for urgency in addressing systemic racism in Canada’s health care systems at a two-day virtual meeting with federal, provincial and territorial ministers and Metis and Inuit leaders that ended today. “We need to stop debating whether systemic racism exists,” […]
Read more »National Chief welcomes federal investment in Indigenous Covid-19 response
/(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde welcomes today’s announcement by Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller to invest in Indigenous communities to better respond to COVID-19. The investment comes after a January 7 letter from National Chief Bellegarde to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the government to take action to address […]
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