By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador\u2019s (AFNQL) First Nations took a very visual message to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues with a Time Square billboard.The billboard\u2019s message \u201cIndigenous Peoples\u00a0 Rights: A Call to Respect #UNDRIP in Quebec\u00a0 played for 24 hours on the Times Square billboard.Ghisland PicardThe video was \u201ca direct and unambiguous appeal to the governments of Quebec and Canada to uphold the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP),\u201d the AFNQL said.AFNQL Regional Chief Francois Verreault-Paul said the message was aimed squarely at a provincial government he says has yet to put its best foot forward on Indigenous self-determination.\u201cWe wanted to raise awareness and highlight to the international community the need… <\/p>\n
By Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador\u2019s (AFNQL) First Nations took a very visual message to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues with a Time Square billboard.The billboard\u2019s message \u201cIndigenous Peoples\u00a0 Rights: A Call to Respect #UNDRIP in Quebec\u00a0 played for 24 hours on the Times Square billboard.Ghisland PicardThe video was \u201ca direct and unambiguous appeal to the governments of Quebec and Canada to uphold the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP),\u201d the AFNQL said.AFNQL Regional Chief Francois Verreault-Paul said the message was aimed squarely at a provincial government he says has yet to put its best foot forward on Indigenous self-determination.\u201cWe wanted to raise awareness and highlight to the international community the need... <\/p>\n