First Nations chiefs say they’ve been shut out of consultation on federal clean water bill

Treaty 6, 7 and 8 chiefs are still trying to arrange a meeting with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu after Bill C-61 was introduced in the House on Dec. 11.

Tallcree First Nation Chief Rupert Meneen represents Treaty 8 on the Chiefs Steering Committee on Technical Services. (Facebook/Former Chief Glenn Hudson)

This piece was originally published in Alberta Native News.

Chiefs representing forty-seven Treaty 6, 7 and 8 First Nations say the federal government’s First Nations Clean Water Act was drafted without…