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The Chiefs Steering Committee (CSC) has taken the lead in exploring the organizational, community, legal and political impacts of Bill C-61 An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands<\/i>. In September 2023, the CSC received a resolution from the AOTC with the full support of their work to challenge Canada and their First Nations water legislation. As they move forward with their challenges of this legislation, as well as the Indigenous Services Act 2019, they welcome all support from First Nations leadership, organizations and communities \u2013 as the risks and impacts of these Acts by Canada put all First Nations across Canada at risk, as well as many of our sacred and shared resources \u2013 particularly water.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”The 2nd Chiefs Gathering on Water and Related Infrastructure” _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”left” custom_padding=”50px|||||” animation_style=”none” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2nd_chiefs_gathering_on_water_and_related_infrastructure-1080p.mp4″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”2nd_chiefs_gathering_on_water_and_related_infrastructure (1080p)” width=”80%” max_width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”223.8px” custom_margin=”-64px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”16px||16px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=” Treaty Bilateral Table on Water and Related Infrastructure (Alberta Region)” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”left” custom_padding=”50px|||||” animation_style=”none” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|500|||||||” text_text_color=”#124f77″ text_font_size=”16px” custom_margin=”||-50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
The Chiefs Steering Committee requested this Treaty Bilateral Table to Minister Patty Hajdu, to which she agreed on April 22, 2024. It is intended as a forum for engaging in government-to-government dialogue between Canada and Treaty 6, 7 and 8 First Nations from the Alberta Region on water and infrastructure needs, sustainability, planning, and addressing issues and concerns with Bill C-61 and other federal initiatives regarding water.<\/p>\n
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On December 2<\/span><\/span>nd<\/span><\/span>, 2024,<\/span> <\/span>Chief Rupert <\/span>Meneen<\/span>, <\/span>Tall<\/span>cree<\/span> Tribal Council<\/span> (on behalf of the CSC)<\/span> <\/span>signed the Terms of Reference <\/span>with Minister Patty Hajdu (ISC) and Minister Gary Anandasangaree (CIRNAC)<\/span> in Ottawa<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>The TOR sign off signals an express acknowledgement of Treaty <\/span>jurisdiction<\/span> to water and creates a framework for those First Nations in Treaty 6, 7 and 8 (Alberta Region), who choose, to have a place to address concerns about water and related infrastructure in a government-to-government setting with Canada. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Treaty Bilateral Table on Water and Related Infrastructure is unique, a one-of-a-kind setting that is not a Rights Implementation Recognition and Self-determination (RIRSD) Table. All discussions are open to Treaty 6, 7 and 8 First Nations and will not abrogate, derogate or prejudice already established or any prospectively planned tables by First Nations in the Treaty areas.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TORsigning.png” title_text=”TORsigning” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chiefs Steering Committee (CSC) has taken the lead in exploring the organizational, community, legal and political impacts of Bill C-61 An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24715","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24715"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25974,"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24715\/revisions\/25974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiefssteeringcommittee.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}