By Alessia Passafiume and Kyle Duggan As First Nations leaders sat down with Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of the premiers Monday for their first face-to-face meeting in decades, young people protesting outside were demanding a seat at the table. In her opening remarks at the meeting in Ottawa, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said First Nations have to be part of the discussion when decisions about the federal government\u2019s major projects agenda are being made. \u201cThat is why we are here, to build prosperity and well-being for our children and the next seven generations,\u201d she said. \u201cIt can\u2019t just be about ramming through major projects as fast as we can.\u201d Monday\u2019s meeting is the first such gathering since the Kelowna Accord talks of 2005,… <\/p>\n
By Alessia Passafiume and Kyle Duggan As First Nations leaders sat down with Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of the premiers Monday for their first face-to-face meeting in decades, young people protesting outside were demanding a seat at the table. In her opening remarks at the meeting in Ottawa, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said First Nations have to be part of the discussion when decisions about the federal government\u2019s major projects agenda are being made. \u201cThat is why we are here, to build prosperity and well-being for our children and the next seven generations,\u201d she said. \u201cIt can\u2019t just be about ramming through major projects as fast as we can.\u201d Monday\u2019s meeting is the first such gathering since the Kelowna Accord talks of 2005,... <\/p>\n