{"id":805254,"date":"2026-07-16T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805254\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:33:09","slug":"ministers-to-address-assembly-of-first-nations-gathering-in-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805254\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers to address Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784190789_585_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, June 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Adrian Wyld<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 16, 2026 | 12:30 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 A handful of federal ministers are expected to address hundreds of First Nations chiefs as they gather in Ottawa today.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll be speaking in front of the Assembly of First Nations\u2019 annual general meeting about public safety, the economy and natural resources development and social services for communities.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly of First Nations is a national advocacy body that takes its direction from some 630 First Nations chiefs through special and annual general assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, U.S. Trade Minister Dominic Leblanc, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson are among the ministers set to address chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, June 18, 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-805254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}