Chiefs in Quebec bring development fight to United Nations – APTN News
Apr 22, 2025
Federal election promises to speed up consultation are ‘a pipe dream,’ says delegate.
The largest delegation of chiefs and councillors to attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in over two decades is calling out Quebec and Canada for failing to uphold the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
The 14-member delegation, representing the Algonquin, Innu and Cree nations, says they came to New York to send “a clear message on the international stage” that their rights continue to be violated in Quebec.
They highlighted three ongoing concerns; logging and resource extraction near the Algonquin community of Lac Simon; a legal battle over the Chalk River nuclear waste site; and the Innu Nation’s efforts to protect their lands and caribou herds through the courts.
