By Austin Evans Writer First Nations Policing, clean water and specific claims continue to top the agendas and discussions at the Assembly of First Nations’ (AFN) Annual General Assemblies. Policing During the plenary on First Nations Policing on July 10, the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario (IPCO) described the two legal cases they filed against the federal government last year. IPCO went to court to force Canada to change the terms and conditions that prevented First Nations police services from having specialized units and also launched a human rights complaint for decades of underfunding. James Killeen, police chief of UCCM Anishnaabe Police, said the complaint led to the federal government threatening to withhold funding. “I can tell you that my entire time in municipal services, I never felt threatened that…
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