Event Location: Ohsweken, ON

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business and to Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Bryan May (Cambridge, Ont.), on behalf of Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.), will make an announcement in support of Indigenous-led organizations across southern … Read more

Conservative MP Phil McColeman (Brant, Ont.) and Chief Ava Hill, Six Nations of the Grand River, will attend an infrastructure event. The event will be held at the Water Treatment Plant, Main Area, 2614 Pauline Johnson Road. Call 613-943-1838.

On behalf of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt (Madawaska-Restigouche, N.B.), Conservative MP Phil McColeman (Brant, Ont.) will make an announcement on jobs and skills training for Aboriginal communities. The event will be held at Six Nations Polytechnic, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, 2160 Fourth Line. Call 819-997-0002.

Members of Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations – the largest Native community in Canada – are gathering to discuss Bill C-10, Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act, proposed by the Conservative government which would criminalize the Native tobacco trade and undermine the basis of much of the recent economic growth in Native communities. As sovereign people, many … Read more

Conservative MP Phil McColeman (Brant, Ont.) along with Chief Ava Hill, will take part in the grand opening of a new water treatment plant for Six Nations of the Grand River. The event will be held at Six Nations of the Grand River Water Treatment Plant. Call 819-997-0002.

NDP Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development critic Linda Duncan (Edmonton-Strathcona, AB), along with NDP deputy critic Jonathan Genest-Jordain (Manicouagan, QC) and NDP MP Mike Sullivan (York South-Weston, ON) will meet with the Six Nations Council and tour facilities on the reserve. Call 780-495-8404.