OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney sought to assure hundreds of First Nations chiefs Tuesday that the federal government will not impose a pipeline or other resource projects over their objections after they unanimously called for the withdrawal of his Alberta energy deal.

But the prime minister stopped short of guaranteeing that Indigenous Peoples will have a veto over resource developments, saying only that his government believes in the importance of Indigenous participation and consultation, along with Indigenous equity stakes and benefits from such projects.

Carney faced a cool audience Tuesday afternoon, just hours after the Assembly of First Nations chiefs unanimously passed the emergency resolution to reject the Alberta deal, and demanded that Ottawa uphold the large oil tanker

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