OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast and withdraw an agreement signed with Alberta last week that clears a path for a new oil pipeline.

B.C. Regional Chief Terry Teegee, speaking to Carney during the Assembly of First Nations special gathering in Ottawa, said First Nations title in the province “is not a policy issue.”

“Do you respect the direction of the rights and title holders, and what concrete steps will your government implement to ensure that First Nations have true decision-making authority, as stated in the United Nations Declaration?” Teegee asked after Carney delivered remarks to the hundreds of chiefs ga

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