A new prime minister and a much thinner cabinet assumed the position on Friday, but the ministers who work with indigenous communities remain the same.
The Minister of Indigenous Relations and Affairs of the North, Gary Anandasangaree, and the Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, remain in their positions. Anandasangaree is now also Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Indigenous groups throughout the country congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney, but are emphasizing the need to work together to address financing and services gaps, and to address the threat of Trump administration.
“Our first priority is to work with Prime Minister Carney to ensure that the first nations are included in the Canada team and in the battle against this new era of the colonialism of the United States,” said the assembly of the National Chief of the first nations, Cindy Woodhouse Napinak.
In a statement, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami said the government must work with Inuit to protect the north.
“We know that a strong and safe Canada is one where the Inuit prosper and where politics is driven by the search for equity,” reads the statement.
“Inuit hopes to work with Prime Minister Carney and his team to advance the shared priorities of the crown and face all the challenges we have before us.”
While congratulating for the new prime minister, the communities of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) said they expected to see a change in the indigenous services of Canada.
“Unfortunately, the previous government left a legacy of negligence, abandonment, of a mandate that was given, through the legal processes of Canada,” Garrison’s great chief of Mko said on Friday at a press conference in Winnipeg.
“In Mko we have asked [Hajdu’s] Elimination because we had no confidence in their leadership. She has left a broken and damaged principle of Jordan … has done a lot of damage to our children, and we are here to be her voices. ”
With an election that is expected soon, indigenous leaders seek the next government to continue the work initiated by the previous government.
“The AFN is ready to work with the Government of Prime Minister Carney to complete this essential work,” said Woodhouse Napinak.
That work, he said, includes implementing the calls of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and national research on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, and implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
“We also urge Prime Minister Carney to completely commit to long -term financing for drinking water and to reaffirm his commitment to close the infrastructure gap,” Woodhouse Napinak said.
There are still 33 long -term drinking water notices, which is a problem that Woodhouse Napinak said it will mention when it meets with the prime minister for the first time next week.
MKO said he wants to see changes in how Jordan’s principle is executed, saying that the previous government did not fulfill its commitments.
“For too long, atrocious poor management at federal and regional level has left thousands of children from the first nations without the services and resources they need,” said Settere in a press release.
“When entering this new chapter, Mko hopes to work with the government in the spirit and intention of the treaty and reconciliation.”
The Métis National Council wants the Government to remain committed to working with the Nation to improve access to medical care, support Metis communities in emergency preparation and address the housing crisis.
President Victoria Pruden said that she also wants to see the government continue her commitment to the work of the Nation Metis on self -determination.
“With a choice on the horizon, we hope to maintain the priorities and reconciliation of the nation of Methis at the forefront, further advancing our nation relationship with the Government of Canada,” Pruden said.
