By Alessia Passafiume Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with First Nations leaders about his government’s controversial major projects legislation. The closed-door meeting was promised by Carney in June after chiefs said their rights were not respected by the rush to push the Building Canada Act through Parliament in June. The legislation allows cabinet to quickly grant federal approvals for big industrial projects like mines, ports and pipelines by sidestepping existing laws. An agenda for today’s meeting shared with The Canadian Press shows Carney will deliver opening remarks for 10 minutes in the morning, followed by the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Carney does not appear on the agenda again until later in the afternoon, where he will sit alongside a handful of ministers for an…
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