Parliament Hill security guards clashed with a group of First Nations chiefs who tried to enter the House of Commons chamber Tuesday and deliver a message to the Canadian government that the time for talk had passed.
Parliament Hill security guards clashed with a group of First Nations chiefs who tried to enter the House of Commons chamber Tuesday and deliver a message to the Canadian government that the time for talk had passed.
The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations is outraged by the federal government’s changes to how environmental reviews will be handled.
The head of Canada’s largest and most influential First Nations organization is demanding Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver meet with chiefs before implementing the Conservative government’s “unlawful and unconstitutional” planned changes to the environmental reviews of industrial projects.
Ottawa announced last week that it will reduce federal oversight of mining and oil projects and turn over most environmental reviews to the provinces.
