OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s legislation to fast-track projects deemed in the national interest is expected to be tabled in the House of Commons in a matter of days but is already facing some resistance from the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

In a letter to Carney dated May 30, AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak wrote that the proposed bill, in its current form, “suggests a serious threat to First Nations exercise of Treaty rights, inherent rights, title and jurisdiction.”

Woodhouse Nepinak insisted First Nations’ “free, prior and informed consent” must be obtained before any major infrastructure and energy projects move ahead.

“Otherwise, this legislation like so many before it, will become marred in conflict and protracted litigation, because First Nations rights ha

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