By Sam Laskaris Writer Robert Louie believes First Nations across the country are taking steps in the right direction. Louie, the popular chief of the Westbank First Nation in British Columbia, was a panelist at the First Nations Leading The Way conference, which was held Oct. 8-9 in Markham. “We’re here to move First Nations from where we were and where we should be,” Louie said. “And we’ve got a lot of hard work to do. But we’re getting there.” Louie has also served as the chairman of the First Nations Lands Advisory Board since 1989. He spoke at a conference session which also included leaders from the institutions launched from the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, which was enacted in 2005. This marked the eighth year of the Leading…
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