Chiefs vote down pitch to include First Nations infrastructure in major projects push

WINNIPEG - First Nations chiefs today voted down a resolution that would have called on Ottawa to include First Nations infrastructure ventures in its national push to fast-track major projects.

The resolution, which also would have allowed the Assembly of First Nations to intervene in lawsuits against the federal government's major projects legislation, failed to obtain the required 60 per cent support at the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in Winnipeg.