By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source MARTEN FALLS \u2013 Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work with First Nations rather than imposing laws on them, Chief Bruce Achneepineskum said Wednesday. The chief of Marten Falls First Nation, a Treaty 9 nation in the Ring of Fire region, was speaking the day after participating in a rally against Bill C-5 in Ottawa. Asked what he would say to Carney if they were in the same room, Achneepineskum said \u201cI would tell him to try to build a relationship with First Nations and not impose your legislation on us. \u201cIt\u2019s about respecting our treaty rights, our Indigenous rights to the land,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat’s being ignored. And not only ignored, but put aside. And that doesn\u2019t sit right… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source MARTEN FALLS \u2013 Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work with First Nations rather than imposing laws on them, Chief Bruce Achneepineskum said Wednesday. The chief of Marten Falls First Nation, a Treaty 9 nation in the Ring of Fire region, was speaking the day after participating in a rally against Bill C-5 in Ottawa. Asked what he would say to Carney if they were in the same room, Achneepineskum said \u201cI would tell him to try to build a relationship with First Nations and not impose your legislation on us. \u201cIt\u2019s about respecting our treaty rights, our Indigenous rights to the land,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat’s being ignored. And not only ignored, but put aside. And that doesn\u2019t sit right... <\/p>\n