Bellegarde: no movement on TRC calls to action, one year later

Nearing the anniversary of Trudeau’s meeting with national chiefs, Perry Bellegarde wants the feds to return to the table.

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde, pictured last year, is wondering where the federal government's plan for implementing all 94 TRC calls to action is, while Minister Carolyn Bennett says progress is being made. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHELSEA NASH

November 30, 2016

The head of the Assembly of First Nations says he has seen zero movement on the government’s promise to implement 94 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, more than a year after the commission’s conclusion.

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