Mulcair headlines AFN open forum

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair highlighted the Assembly of First Nation’s open forum held at the River Cree on Enoch Cree Nation on Oct. 7. The NDP unveiled its billions of dollars’ worth of promises for its Aboriginal agenda, which included removing the two per cent funding cap; increase in funding and committed annual funding for education; funding to revitalize Indigenous languages; and funding to improve health care. Liberal Aboriginal affairs critic Carolyn Bennett also spoke as did Brenda Sayers, Indigenous candidate in the riding of North Island-Powell River for the Green Party.