AFN Quebec/Labrador take message to Time Square

Assembly of Frist Nations Quebec Labrador leadership took to Times Square with a message for the United Nations. (Suppplied Photo)

By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador’s (AFNQL) First Nations took a very visual message to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues with a Time Square billboard.The billboard’s message “Indigenous Peoples  Rights: A Call to Respect #UNDRIP in Quebec  played for 24 hours on the Times Square billboard.Ghisland PicardThe video was “a direct and unambiguous appeal to the governments of Quebec and Canada to uphold the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP),” the AFNQL said.AFNQL Regional Chief Francois Verreault-Paul said the message was aimed squarely at a provincial government he says has yet to put its best foot forward on Indigenous self-determination.“We wanted to raise awareness and highlight to the international community the need…

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