Indigenous Affairs

Ian Lafrenière, as Indigenous Affairs Minister, has pledged to modify the proposed forestry legislation to defuse tensions and has urged an end to hostile exchanges around blockades—calling for the situation to stop and social peace to be restored.

Maïté Blanchette Vézina says she is working on amendments to the proposed forestry bill and seeks more consensual ways of establishing a modern forestry regime, aiming to modify legislation after meetings with Indigenous leaders to defuse tensions over land-use conflicts.