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First Nations Leadership Council Opposes B.C. Government’s Proposal to Suspend DRIPA
The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) opposes the B.C. Government’s proposal to suspend key provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA or “Declaration Act”) and the Interpretation Act, calling it a unilateral betrayal and an abandonment of the Province’s commitment to principled reconciliation, as well as serving to create a climate of uncertainty.
FNLC Responds to Dallas Brodie’s False Accusation and Joins Calls for CPC to Drop Candidate Aaron Gunn for Residential School Denialism
April 3, 2025(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is deeply angered and disturbed that two provincial and federal politicians continue to publicly advance...
FNLC Calls on Canada to Prioritize Legislation to Create Legal Protections against Residential School Denialism
March 20, 2025(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is deeply concerned by the rise of Residential School denialism in the province, particularly the egregious...
FNLC Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Leadership Accord: Launches FNLC Website
(Xʷməθkʷəy ̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) Twenty years ago, on March 17, 2005, the political executives of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), the First Nations Summit (FNS), and the BC Assembly of First...
FNLC Denounces President Trump’s Since-Postponed Imposition of Tariffs; Demands any Response Respect First Nations’ Title and Rights
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (TsleilWaututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) denounces the Trump administration’s since-postponed imposition of tariffs on imports from Canada and demands that any...
Standing With Gitxaala and Ehattesaht Nations in Upholding the Process of Legislative Reconciliation under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) stand together with Gitxaala Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation as...
FNLC Extremely Disappointed with Mineral Claim Consultation Framework, Calls for Redoubling of Efforts to Align the Mineral Tenure Act with the UN Declaration
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is extremely disappointed with the government of B.C.’s recently introduced Mineral Claim Consultation Framework (MCCF) and...
FNLC Celebrates 5th Anniversary of Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (TsleilWaututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) Today the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) recognizes and celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration...
FNLC Shocked by Horrendous Treatment of 16-Year-Old First Nations Girl at Guildford Town Centre
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is outraged by the mistreatment of a 16-year-old Cree girl by Paladin Security employees at the Guildford Town Centre on the...
FNLC Supports the Families of First Nation Victims Killed by Police and Calls for a Nation-Wide State of Emergency
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) fully supports demands from the families of nine First Nations individuals who were killed by law enforcement agencies across...
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Cowessess First Nation signs $39M deal to implement child welfare system
Cowessess First Nation is located 160 km east of Regina. Photo courtesy: Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. APTN - Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan has signed onto a $38.7-million deal to assert jurisdiction over its own child welfare system. The...
More Indigenous family separations now than during residential schools, advocate says
Global News - More First Nations families are being separated now than during the years of residential schools — and some are still dying in government care as Indigenous children make up the bulk of Canada’s foster care system, one advocate says. Cindy Blackstock,...
Elder says Justice Department wants ‘to destroy the Aboriginal people’ as child welfare court fight concludes
Photo credit: APTNAPTN - A First Nations Elder slammed one of the Canadian government’s top lawyers as a week-long court battle over child welfare and Jordan’s Principle concluded Friday in Federal Court. “I hope the person from Justice Canada is listening,” said...
Canada uses Indian Act to fight tribunal order expanding Jordan’s Principle
Photo credit: APTN‘Racist and colonial’: Canada uses Indian Act to fight tribunal order expanding Jordan’s PrincipleFirst Nations organizations criticized the Canadian government in Federal Court on Thursday for relying on the Indian Act in a bid to overturn a...
Indigenous child welfare battle heads to federal court despite calls to drop cases
Photo credit: The Canadian Press Ottawa’s controversial legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children torn from their families by a chronically underfunded childcare system heads to Federal Court Monday, despite repeated calls for the cases to...
Indigenous leaders, foster kids decry child welfare system
Photo credit: The Canadian Press As stories of the horrors of residential schools circulate after the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced it had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C....
Indigenous children in B.C. have twice the rate of injuries compared to other kids in care, report finds
Office of the Representative for Children and Youth | Photo credit: Office of the Representative for Children and YouthA new report by B.C.'s representative for children says the majority of injuries reported for First Nations children and youth were for those in the...
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More Jurisdiction, BC Representation Needed for Children and Families Agreement: First Nations Leadership Council
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) First Nations Chiefs and proxies from British Columbia gathered on Treaty 7 territory in Calgary for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Special Chiefs Assembly to...
FNLC Appalled by Recent Killings of First Nation Individuals Across Canada by Law Enforcement Agencies
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is appalled by the unprovoked violence used against First Nations people by several law enforcement agencies across the...
Coast Salish Oppose Actions by B.C. Métis Federation: FNLC Stands in Solidarity
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) stands in solidarity with the Coast Salish peoples and fully supports their Statement of Solidarity in Opposition to the B.C....
New accord on child well-being signed by First Nations Leadership Council, Province
VICTORIA - The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and the Province have signed a child well-being accord that recommits how the parties work together to support First Nations children and families. "The well-being of First Nations children in B.C. continues to be...
On 17th Anniversary of UN Declaration, FNLC Calls for Ongoing Implementation of Groundbreaking Legislation
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) Today, the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) marks the 17th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN...
Engagements with First Nations on the Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan
The Ministry of Education and Child Care is developing a 2023 – 2026 Action Plan for the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CW-ELCC). This Action Plan will outline the key goals and initiatives to support quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive...
Assembly of First Nations & Caring Society – Press Release
(Ottawa, ON) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society) are pleased to announce a revised Final Settlement Agreement (FSA) on compensation
B.C. boosts payments for children in foster, kinship, out-of-care placements
Foster parents and others who support vulnerable children and youth will soon have more assistance with monthly costs, with an increase to payments that help cover food, clothing and transportation costs for children and youth in their care.
First Nation becomes first in B.C. to sign agreement asserting rights over child welfare
The Splatsin First Nation became the first Indigenous community in B.C. to take control of its child-welfare system under new federal and provincial legislation
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