Canada: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh addresses AFN Special Chiefs Assembly – April 5, 2023

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh delivers virtual remarks and takes part in a question-and-answer session during the Assembly of First Nations' Special Chiefs Assembly. First Nations leaders are meeting in Ottawa to discuss the federal government's draft plan to align Canadian laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In September 2021, the UN adopted the declaration that recognizes the rights of Indigenous peoples and provides a global framework to advance their rights in areas including self-determination and self-government.