Is it better to talk about unity and not practise it, or not talk about it at all?

Somehow the AFN always ends up in this place when selecting leaders: culture fighting against progress. Decolonized leadership is about the capacity to grow. I’ll vote for that.

Newly elected AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse addresses the Special Chiefs’ Assembly in Ottawa on Dec. 7, 2023.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

December 7, 2023

OTTAWA—The Assembly of First Nations gathered this week in Ottawa to elect a national chief. It was a marathon vote between a culture-is-comfort approach by Cindy Woodhouse, and the competence-for-change position of David Pratt. Somehow the AFN always ends up in this plac...

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