The federal budget is a “missed opportunity” for First Nations and Indigenous peoples, said National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, with a lack of commitments to closing the infrastructure gap in communities and making good on the federal promise for generational investment.

At a keynote address at the BMO Centre on Thursday, Woodhouse Nepinak said the Assembly of First Nations will call for a First Ministers meeting with the government to chart a course “to close these discriminatory gaps.”

“Instead of closing the gaps between First Nations and non-Indigenous Canadians, this budget will make things worse,” she said.

After the federal government released its first budget Tuesday, a chart titled “Indigenous Reconciliation,” which listed federal initiatives since the fall 2024 economic st

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