First Nations chiefs have heard enough promises and “performative reconciliation,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday, adding they deserve a partnership based on honest conversations.
It was the first time Poilievre was addressing the Assembly of First Nations, an organization representing more than 600 First Nations that had a tense relationship with the Conservatives when former prime minister Stephen Harper was in power.
In 2018, former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer was booed at an AFN assembly when he was unable to explain how his policies would differ from Harper’s.
AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak has said she wants to turn a page from that legacy, and Poilievre thanked
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