Failure to move forward on Denesuline talks before conclusion of government’s mandate would be a significant step backwards: Sinclair

But I am hopeful that both Carolyn Bennett and the Denesuline will consider moving forward with such an approach allowing the land claim agreements to move to community ratification and advancing reconciliation in the interests of the Indigenous groups and all Canadians.

Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett, pictured June 27, 2019, participates in a signing ceremony to advance reconciliation and Métis self-determination with the Métis Nation of Alberta, the Métis Nation of Ontario and the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan in Ottawa on June 27, 2019.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR MURRAY SINCLAIR

July 22, 2019

I was taken by surprise on June 19 when a delegation of chiefs, negotiators, and members from the Denesuline First Nations of Sayisi Dene, Black Lake, Northlands Denesuline, Fond du Lac, and Hatchet Lake held a press conference and public demonstration in Ottawa to bring attention to Crown-Indigenou...

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