First Nations, First Ministers, Second Chance?

In 2005, Canada’s leaders agreed to a $5.1-billion plan to close the gap for Indigenous people. Three days later, the government fell, and the deal died with it.

This week, they finally sat down again.

Sam spends the day before with Jeff Copenace, chief of Onigaming First Nation. Twenty years ago, he was sitting right behind Paul Martin at Kelowna. This time, he couldn’t get in the room.

Plus: meet our new managing editor, Harrison Lowman, and his pick for the craziest political story of the decade. In May, Caroline Elliott was the front-runner to lead the B.C. Conservatives. She lost by two points, would she have beat Eby?

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Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer) Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Background reading:

• Prime Minister Carney convenes First Nations leadership and First Ministers for the first time in two decades, launches discussions on a new First Nations Sovereign Wealth Fund | PMO
• Undoing the Kelowna agreement | CBC News
• Learning from the Kelowna Accord | Policy Options
• Carney, premiers meet with First Nations leaders in Ottawa | Global News

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