First Nations leaders say Carney's C-5 summit sparks more concerns, questions

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First Nations leaders say Carney's C-5 summit sparks more concerns, questions

CBC News
Jul 17, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised First Nations rights-holders wealth and prosperity for "generations to come" at a summit Thursday designed to allay leaders' concerns about the government's major projects law, which has ignited criticism because it allows for fast-tracked approvals.

Carney's remarks drew mixed reviews from First Nations leaders in attendance, with some expressing tempered optimism and others panning the entire process.

"I'm leaving Ottawa with more concerns and more questions," said Gwii Lok'im Gibuu (Jesse Stoeppler) who is Gitxsan and deputy chief of Hagwilget Village Council in northern B.C., as he stood outside the meeting.

"I didn't have much faith in the process to begin with, and I'm leaving very concerned."

Angela Levasseur, chief of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Manitoba, wasn't ready to dismiss the meeting as a failure, nor praise it as a success, calling it "a start."

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We are the 'first' people.
OK? who did you massacre and enslave to make you 'the first'?

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Olly Olly I was here first ....
That means i win. I am better than you.

Ollly Olly
I win.  ... you lose
I was here
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We are the 'first' people.
OK? who did you massacre and enslave to make you 'the first'?

Was someone in the way?

A lot of new arrivals (came in from the west) moved south to easier living over the 32,000 or so years they were coming in, so the northern territory tended to be like it is today, relatively unpopulated. Chances are not much resistance was encountered as they moved in.