By Alessia Passafiume The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says she doesn’t blame First Nations leaders who are voicing frustration with governments promising to fast-track development in their territories in the name of national unity. “I don’t blame them. They’re frustrated and they’re being disrespected,” National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said Wednesday morning. “If we’re not at the table making these decisions right off the bat, this is what happens and it causes the Canadian government more problems later.” In the throne speech delivered Tuesday in Ottawa by King Charles, the federal government vowed to eliminate all federal barriers to internal trade and labour mobility by Canada Day. It also promised to reconfigure approval processes for infrastructure projects to fast-track projects of “national significance.” The day before…
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