Littlechild delivers opening address at Hockey Canada summit

Dr. Wilton Littlechild delivered the opening address at Hockey Canada’s Beyond The Boards summit in Toronto.

By Sam Laskaris Writer Dr. Wilton Littlechild has what he believes would be some sage advice for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Littlechild, a former MP who also served as the Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, delivered the opening address at Hockey Canada’s Beyond The Boards summit in Toronto on Nov. 13. Littlechild, a member of Ermineskin Cree Nation in Alberta, also served as the commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Before arriving to the summit, Littlechild said earlier that morning he was exercising and listening to the national news. “I heard Prime Minister was going to be announcing four new national interest projects,” he said, as he received laughter when he added he would get briefly political since he was wearing…

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