AFN Chief Bellegarde says ‘tremendous strides’ made, but pandemic carries risk of unwinding progress

There's 'no higher priority' than to see the UNDRIP bill receive royal assent, says AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde.

AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde says he wants to focus his energies on seeing the government pass its legislation enshrining UNDRIP. Screen capture via Assembly of First Nations

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

December 8, 2020

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says “tremendous strides” have been made in improving Indigenous peoples' relationship with the federal government, but warned that the pandemic carries the risk of undoing progress that has been made in �...

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