Media advisory: National Indigenous Leaders Expect Full Inclusion in Intergovernmental Tables

OTTAWA, July 14, 2017 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) President Natan Obed and Métis Nation (MNC) President Clément Chartier will hold a press conference on Indigenous Peoples' participation in federal-provincial-territorial intergovernmental tables, and the 2017 Council of the Federation meeting scheduled for Edmonton July 18-19.

The Council of the Federation was established in 2003 to enable Premiers to work collaboratively and strengthen the Canadian federation by fostering a constructive relationship among provinces and territories and with the federal government.

DATE:	Monday July 17, 2017
TIME:	11 am (EDT)
LOCATION:	Tudor Room, Fairmont Royal York
	100 Front Street West, Toronto, ON

SOURCE Assembly of First Nations

please contact: Jamie Monastyrski, Press Secretary - National Chief's Office - AFN, 613-241-6789 ext. 222, 343-540-6179 (cell), [email protected]; Patricia D'Souza, Senior Communications Officer, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 613-238-8181 ext. 276, 613-292-4482 (cell), [email protected]; Dale LeClair, Chief of Staff, Métis National Council, (613)-232-3216 ext. 513, [phone] (cell), [email protected]