BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) Regional Chief Terry Teegee welcomes the NDP government’s progressive actions identified throughout the 2019 Throne Speech today, including:

• develop legislation with the First Nations Leadership Council to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
• gaming revenues shared with First Nations communities;
• work in collaboration with Indigenous peoples to develop new clean economy opportunities and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change. This will include collaboration on a climate change adaptation strategy to be developed for 2020;
• additions to education curriculums in history and languages;
• commitment to restoring and sustaining wild salmon stocks;
• promotion of partnerships between First Nations and private sector resource development projects.