“A Subjugation”: First Nations Chiefs Blast Carney’s Nation-Building Scheme – The Walrus

Oct. 10, 2025

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For all his talk of reconciliation, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to accelerate the next wave of nation building has exposed a familiar fault line in Canadian politics: when economic ambition collides with Indigenous consent, ambition usually wins.

The First Nations Major Projects Summit in Gatineau this July made that painfully clear. The event did nothing to alleviate the grievances of First Nations leaders. If anything, the two-day session—convened because of backlash over Bill C-5, which gives Ottawa final say on infrastructure projects deemed “in the national interest”—was viewed as a sign of government doubling down.

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