The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is holding its annual meeting in Montreal this week with a packed agenda that includes none other than Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. It’s the first time the Conservative Leader will be addressing the chiefs since he took the helm of the party. In addition he is participating in a question-and-answer session with chiefs. And he will have reason to be nervous. Some chiefs aren’t exactly fans of the Conservative Leader after questioning his stand on reconciliation and they worry, in advance of the next federal election, if a Conservative government wins, potential funding cuts could hit Indigenous people. Indigenous people tend to have long memories and remember when Poilievre was booed after addressing the assembly with a video message in December 2022. That’s when…
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