FSIN calls for Prime Minister to dedicate more time to Sask. chiefs following leaked video
Following an online video of a meeting last week in which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen berating First Nations chiefs from across Saskatchewan for their time management, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for him to do better.
In the video, Trudeau indicated he had hoped to have more time to spend talking to those in attendance. He said the original plan for the meeting was to have eight people attend the meeting to discuss issues pertaining to various areas in the province. Instead, Trudeau said everyone who attended the first meeting had an opportunity to speak, which killed most of the time he had set aside to meet with chiefs.
“Bobby, there shouldn’t have been every single person speaking for eight minutes in the previous meeting,” Trudeau is seen in the video telling FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. “That’s not the spirit of reconciliation, of nation-to-nation relationship we’re supposed to have.”
Trudeau indicated he was stuck with an “absolute time cap” of 9:05 and said those gathered then had thirty seconds or less to introduce themselves and provide him with their documents due to what he called “time mismanagement.”