Recognizing First Nations rights in a proposed policing bill with Ottawa is a "sticking" point in the negotiations, a lawyer for the Assembly of First Nations announced Wednesday.
Julie McGregor updated chiefs gathered in Halifax on work to develop a law that would declare policing on First Nations an essential service — something Indigenous leaders have spent years calling for.
She told the organization's general assembly that the Department of Public Safety had provided a written explanation of what it does and doesn't plan to do with the legislation.