Anishinabek meet with Premier

June 13, 2013
Chief Isadore Day, Wiindawtegowinini, Serpent River FN, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, and Anishinabek Nation Deputy Grand Chief Glen Hare. – Photo by Andre Morrisseau
Chief Isadore Day, Wiindawtegowinini, Serpent River FN, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, and Anishinabek Nation Deputy Grand Chief Glen Hare. – Photo by Andre Morrisseau

Anishinabek Nation leaders joined members of the First Nations Political Confederacy in a June 12 meeting with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services and David Zimmer, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. Chief Isadore Day, Wiindawtegowinini,Serpent River FN, Deputy Grand Chief Glen Hare, and policy analyst Jody Kechego attended the meeting, which discussed First Nations policing issues. The recent Ontario budget committed $4 million to fund an additional 40 First Nations officers in the province after Canada withdrew its $2 million commitment.