Treaty Chiefs demand Bill 1, Bill 88 be withdrawn from Alta., Sask., governments – Q107 Toronto

December 7, 2022

“We’re not asking for amendments to these acts. We are actually asking that the Saskatchewan first and the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, be withdrawn.”

That was the message from Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, along with the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and the G4 in Treaty 7 Territory at a news conference on Wednesday morning.

Archibald said the two bills — Bill 1 in Alberta and Bill 88 in Saskatchewan — are an infringement of their rights and “we will not stand idly by (and) will not allow it to happen.”

Treaty 6, 7 and the AFN put forward the emergency resolution at the Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa.

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