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Does Bill 5 Miss the Mark for Indigenous Communities?

04 June 2025

When discussing Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, Senior Counsel Kate Kempton explained: “First Nations retained the right to govern not just in their little reserves but across the land, equally and alongside the Crown governments.” Watch Kate on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, alongside Chief Peter Wesley of Moose Cree First Nation, Chief June Black of Apitipi Anicinapek Nation, and Zachary Davis, partner at Pape Salter Teillet LLP, as they discuss: Does Ontario’s Bill 5 Threaten Indigenous Rights?

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