Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador

The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador is the political organization regrouping 43 Chiefs of the First Nations in Quebec and Labrador. Follow us on Twitter @APNQL



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Jane Gray
[email protected] 
Tel: 418-842-5020 
Fax: 418-842-2660 

Claude Picard 
[email protected] 
Tel: 418-842-5020 
Fax: 418-842-2660

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Apr 18, 2024, 16:23 ET THE W8BANAKI NATION CARRIES THE ISSUE OF IDENTITY THEFT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO THE UNITED NATIONS

NEW YORK, April 18, 2024 /CNW/ - A delegation from the W8banaki Nation went the United Nations headquarters in New York this week, to raise awareness among the UN, States and Indigenous organizations ...

Feb 27, 2024, 17:03 ET TO COUNTER INTIMIDATION TOWARDS ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE COUNCIL OF ELECTED WOMEN OF THE AFNQL IS PROMOTING LATERAL KINDNESS AND REACHING OUT TO ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS

WENDAKE, QC, Feb. 27, 2024 /CNW/ - Elected women from First Nations governments and Tribal Councils in Quebec and Labrador have developed and are in the process of implementing at all levels of First ...

Feb 15, 2024, 09:02 ET FIRST NATIONS' RIGHTS AND INTERESTS MUST BE PART OF THE FUTURE OF FORESTS

WENDAKE, QC, Feb. 15, 2024 /CNW/ - A consultation meeting is scheduled this morning between First Nations and the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (MRNF) as part of the Round Tables...

Feb 14, 2024, 13:02 ET FIRST NATIONS UNITE IN OPPOSING THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

WENDAKE, QC, Feb. 14, 2024 /CNW/ - As a major mobilization is being held today in front of the Canadian Parliament to ask the federal government to stop the Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF)...

Feb 09, 2024, 12:13 ET Supreme Court of Canada Decision: Victory for First Nations' Right to Self-government

OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 9, 2024 /CNW/ - After more than a year of deliberation, the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed the validity of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and ...

Feb 08, 2024, 08:54 ET MEDIA ADVISORY - POLITICAL RESPONSE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA DECISION REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF AN ACT RESPECTING FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND MÉTIS CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

WENDAKE, QC, Feb. 8, 2024 /CNW/ - Media representatives are invited to a press conference during which First Nations elected leadership will respond to the Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding...

Jan 22, 2024, 12:21 ET FAILURE TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF FIRST NATIONS: THE AFNQL DENOUNCES THE CNSC'S DECISION AND CALLS FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

WENDAKE, QC, Jan. 22, 2024 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) denounces the decision to allow the installation of a nuclear waste site that goes against the rights of First ...

Nov 24, 2023, 09:11 ET MINING DEVELOPMENT: THE AFNQL JOINS ITS VOICE TO THOSE OF THE ABITIBIWINNI AND LAC SIMON FIRST NATIONS

WENDAKE, QC, Nov. 24, 2023 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) supports the approach undertaken by the Conseil de la Première Nation Abitibiwinni and the Conseil de la...

Oct 06, 2023, 12:55 ET Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan before the Supreme Court of Canada for a fair funding of Indigenous police forces

MASHTEUIATSH, QC, Oct. 6, 2023 /CNW/ - Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan is well determined to gain a true recognition of its police services while the process to obtain fair funding for its police force...

Oct 04, 2023, 13:14 ET First follow-up report of the Viens Commission: more listening and collaboration will be necessary for real reconciliation work with First Nations

WENDAKE, QC, Oct. 4, 2023 /CNW/ - Four years after the tabling of the report of the Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, ...

Sep 28, 2023, 18:56 ET Bill 32 - DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF FIRST NATIONS TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND CULTURAL SAFETY

TIOHTIÀ:KE (MONTREAL), Sept. 28, 2023 /CNW/ - Gathered in Montreal as part of the Assembly of the Great Circle of First Nations, the Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)...

Sep 20, 2023, 12:55 ET THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT MUST REJECT BILL C-53 OF THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT

WENDAKE, QC, Sept. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The AFNQL denounces the self-proclaimed "Métis" groups and the federal government's intention to recognize to grant them rights. Only the First Nations are holders ...

Aug 25, 2023, 11:57 ET DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL D'ARBITRAGE DE GRIEF: INSECURITY RESURGES AMONG FIRST NATIONS

WENDAKE, QC, Aug. 25, 2023 /CNW/ - At a time when the Committee on Institutions of the National Assembly of Québec is preparing to begin its specific consultations on Bill 32, an Act to establish the ...

Jul 26, 2023, 13:31 ET CABINET SHUFFLE: CRUCIAL ISSUES FOR FIRST NATIONS TO CONTINUE WITH NEW MINISTERS

WENDAKE, QC, July 26, 2023 /CNW/ - In response to the federal cabinet shuffle, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) would like to remind Justin Trudeau's government of the importance ...

Jul 03, 2023, 08:30 ET BCAFN and AFNQL Applaud Federal Court Ruling in IPCO Motion on First Nations Policing Funding

OTTAWA, ON, July 3, 2023 /CNW/ - The British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) and The Assembly of First Nations Quebec – Labrador (AFNQL) is pleased with the ruling of the Federal Court on...

Jun 09, 2023, 19:37 ET Reaction to the tabling of Bill 32: First Nations must be at the heart of and guide the approach to cultural safety within the Quebec health and social services network

WENDAKE, QC, June 9, 2023 /CNW/ - While the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) welcome...

May 02, 2023, 11:44 ET Work of the monitoring committee of the Special Commission on the Rights of the Child and Youth Protection: The AFNQL and FNQLHSSC are satisfied

WENDAKE, QC, May 2, 2023 /CNW/ - Two years ago, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)...

Apr 24, 2023, 15:25 ET THE LEGAL PERSONHOOD OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER RECOGNIZED AND PRESENTED BY FIRST NATIONS TO THE UN

WENDAKE, QC, April 24, 2023 /CNW/ - On the basis of their millennial, privileged relationship with the St. Lawrence River, the Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)...

Apr 20, 2023, 07:00 ET An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec: Filing of an Application Today for a Judicial Review to Uphold the Ancestral Rights of First Nations in Education

WENDAKE, QC, April 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations Education Council (FNEC) announced today the filing of a legal challenge before the...

Apr 18, 2023, 06:00 ET Invitation to the media - Press conference: Official procedures concerning the provisions of the Official and Common Language of Quebec Act, French

Quebec, April 18, 2023 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations Education Council (FNEC) are inviting media representatives to a press conference at which...

Mar 31, 2023, 08:53 ET AFNQL Statement Following Pope Francis' Announcement Rejecting the Doctrine of Discovery

WENDAKE, QC, March 31, 2023 /CNW/ - Yesterday, the Vatican announced, 600 years too late, that it was finally rejecting the doctrine of discovery. Indeed, the AFNQL welcomes this announcement, but...

Mar 28, 2023, 11:19 ET UNVEILING OF A MEMORANDUM ON INDIGENOUS MUSIC CONTENT - A 5% QUOTA OF INDIGENOUS MUSIC DEMANDED IN COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS IN CANADA

UASHAT MAK MANI-UTENAM, QC, March 28, 2023 /CNW/ - Political leaders and Indigenous artists gathered in Montreal today to demand that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission...

Mar 16, 2023, 11:45 ET PETITION PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT INVITED TO RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IN QUEBEC

KAHNAWAKE, QC, March 16, 2023 /CNW/ - Quebec Native Women (QNW) today tabled a petition in the Blue Room of the Quebec National Assembly calling on Premier Legault's government to recognize systemic...

Mar 03, 2023, 14:25 ET The AFNQL Denounces the identity and rights fraud by Native Alliance of Quebec

WENDAKE, QC, March 3, 2023 /CNW/ - The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) denounces the identity appropriation of Native Alliance of Quebec Inc. (NAQ), a group falsely claiming to...

Feb 21, 2023, 06:30 ET CHALLENGE OF THE DECISION RENDERED ON DECEMBER 15, 2022 IN FAVOUR OF MASHTEUIATSH

QUEBEC PERSISTS IN DENYING THE UNDERFUNDING OF INDIGENOUS POLICE SERVICES MASHTEUIATSH, QC, Feb. 21, 2023 /CNW/ - The Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation and the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador...

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