Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference during the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 23, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Mark Carney told the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) that the Liberal government will approve major projects in consultation with First Nations, hours after the body’s chiefs unanimously voted to call for Ottawa and Alberta to withdraw their recently signed pipeline deal.
“Canada’s new government is committed to working directly with you to build stronger nation-to-nation relationships … The question is not what we’re against, but what we’re for, what we want to build together, because this approach must be informed by and can only move forward with First Nations,” Carney told the AFN in Ottawa on Dec. 2.
