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Prime Minister invites Premiers, Territorial Leaders, and Leaders of National Aboriginal Organizations to a First Ministers' meeting
October 21, 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Paul Martin today announced a First Ministers' Meeting in Kelowna, British Columbia, on November 24-25, 2005.
The Prime Minister has invited Premiers, Territorial Leaders and Leaders of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), the Métis National Council (MNC), the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) to participate in the meeting, which will be held at the Grand Okanagan Hotel.
"This meeting will be an important opportunity to further the work that has been done, over the past year and a half, to bridge the gap in the quality of life for Aboriginal people," said the Prime Minister. "I look forward to discussions with First Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders during the upcoming meeting."
The meeting builds on the strengthened relationship emerging from the September 13, 2004 Special Meeting between First Ministers and Aboriginal Leaders and is an opportunity for the federal, provincial and territorial governments to discuss how to improve the lives of Aboriginal Peoples.
A detailed agenda will be made available at a later date.
As a result, the Prime Minister will not attend the meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta on November 25-27, 2005. Canada will be represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew.
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