Month: November 2025
AFN calls for Urgent and Transformative Climate Action Led by Indigenous Peoples following COP30: UN Climate Change Conference 2025
Summary: The AFN sent a delegation to the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30) for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Belem, Brazil, from November 10-21, 2025. COP 30 was an opportunity to advance the leadership of First Nations in addressing the global climate crisis. The AFN issued a position paper, […]
Read more »Assembly of First Nations Women’s Council Calls for Action and Systemic Changes Following Shawn Lamb’s Statutory Release
(November 27, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, ON.) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Women’s Council is calling for immediate action to protect the rights and safety of First Nations women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals following predator Shawn Lamb’s statutory release as it is exemplary of disproportionate sentencing and harsher security classifications currently […]
Read more »National Chief Lifts Up BC Legislators for Defeating Harmful Bills
(November 21, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today in response to British Columbia legislators voting down two pieces of legislation this week. MLA Dallas Brodie’s proposed bill to repeal the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a provincial holiday in BC was defeated 86 […]
Read more »National Chief Reaffirms Budget 2025 is a “Missed Opportunity for First Nations and Canada”
/(November 18, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement after Budget 2025, Canada Strong, was passed in the House of Commons with an assenting vote of 170 Members of Parliament. “As we have said since this budget was first unveiled on November 4, Budget 2025 lacks […]
Read more »Federal Budget 2025
/Summary: On November 4, 2025, Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne delivered Budget 2025, titled “Canada Strong.” Budget 2025 commits $141.4 billion in new spending over the next five years. Unlike previous years, this Budget has no Indigenous chapter. The Budget includes a 2% reduction for both Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and Crown-Indigenous […]
Read more »National Chief Calls Federal Budget a “Missed Opportunity for First Nations and Canada” – First Nations will Continue to Press for Investments in Prosperity for All
(November 5, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak commented on the 2025 federal budget, Canada Strong, unveiled on November 4 in the House of Commons. “There is no Canada Strong without strong First Nations,” said National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak. “The 2025 federal budget is a missed opportunity for First […]
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