By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Regional Chief Ghislain Picard will ride off into the sunset after more than 30 years of service to Indigenous people in Quebec and Labrador. Picard announced his intention not to seek re-election to the AFNQL\u2019s top post in an internal letter to the 43 chiefs whose communities make up the AFQNL in December. Picard was first elected AFNQL Chief in 1992. In his letter, he wrote that he had mixed emotions about stepping down. \u201cThere are no words to express how grateful I am to have benefited from your support and that of the leaders who preceded you,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI firmly believe that the AFNQL has succeeded in meeting the challenge of making our… <\/p>\n
By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Regional Chief Ghislain Picard will ride off into the sunset after more than 30 years of service to Indigenous people in Quebec and Labrador. Picard announced his intention not to seek re-election to the AFNQL\u2019s top post in an internal letter to the 43 chiefs whose communities make up the AFQNL in December. Picard was first elected AFNQL Chief in 1992. In his letter, he wrote that he had mixed emotions about stepping down. \u201cThere are no words to express how grateful I am to have benefited from your support and that of the leaders who preceded you,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI firmly believe that the AFNQL has succeeded in meeting the challenge of making our... <\/p>\n