Kashechewan First Nation reaches agreement with feds, Ontario for relocation

NDP MP Charlie Angus said the agreement may not be legally binding, but it's a significant first step. 'It will be very difficult to walk away, because there's so much public support,' he said.

Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan announced on Thursday that he and the Ontario government reached a deal with Kashechewan First Nation on a plan to relocate the northern Ontario community. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

May 9, 2019

The Kashechewan First Nation community on Thursday struck a good-faith deal with Ottawa and the Ontario government to relocate to a higher ground, a plan that could take eight years to fully execute, according to a spokesperson from Indigenous Services. Kevin Deagle, a policy adviser to Indigenous ...

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