AFN votes to oppose Ottawa condo project behind Algonquin ‘rift’ – APTN
December 8, 2015
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) passed a resolution on Tuesday against a proposed high profile green condo development on islands in the Ottawa River that are sacred to the Algonquins.
The resolution, introduced by Wolf Lake First Nation Chief Harold St. Denis, passed by a vote of 12 to 4 with 90 abstentions because many of the chiefs at the Gatineau, Que., AFN assembly saw the issue as an internal Algonquin matter.
Under the assembly rules, a resolution passes if it receives 60 per cent of the votes, excluding abstentions.
“Now the AFN has a clear mandate to oppose the project,” said St. Denis.
