ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS 2019 Annual General Assembly & Special Chiefs Assembly RESOLUTIONS UPDATE REPORT JULY 2020 ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS 2019 AGA & SCA RESOLUTIONS UPDATE REPORT 2020 Table of Contents 01/2019 First Nations Treaty and Inherent Rights to Water ---------------------------------------------------------- 6 02/2019 Advancing First Nations Clean Energy Leadership for Economic Development and Action on Climate Change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 03/2019 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 8 04/2019 Support for the Food, Environment, Health and Nutrition of Children and Youth (FEHNCY) 05/2019 Declaring a First Nations Climate Emergency ---------------------------------------------------------------- 10 06/2019 Respecting First Nations inherent and constitutionally-protected rights in the Project List for the Impact Assessment Act --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 07/2019 First Nations’ Oceans Priorities at the Convention on Biological Diversity --------------------------- 12 08/2019 Species At Risk and Aquatic Species --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 09/2019 International Year of the Salmon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 10/2019 Rebuilding Fish Nations: Advancing a First Nations Fisheries Reconciliation Strategy ------------ 14 11/2019 Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Fisheries ----------------------------------------------------------------- 15 12/2019 The Ocean Supercluster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 13/2019 Implementation of Recommendations from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 14/2019 Endorsement of the Refined Preliminary Concepts for Repeal and Replacement of the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 15/2019 Jordan’s Principle Operations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 16/2019 An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families—Transition and Implementation Planning ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 17/2019 Establishing Regional First Nations Child & Youth Advocates ------------------------------------------- 21 18/2019 Proper Funding for Digital Health Tools Required to Support Health System Transformation -- 22 19/2019 Developing a Seven Generations Continuum of Care for First Nations, by First Nations of Health, Economic and Social Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 20/2019 National Training Program for Indigenous Epidemiologists ---------------------------------------------- 24 21/2019 Support for a Greater Investment into the Reclamation of Childbirth -------------------------------- 24 22/2019 Tri-Council Financial Administration Policy, Tri-Council Policy 2 Chapter 9 and the draft Tri- Agency Research Data Management Policy in alignment with Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP®) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ------------- 25 23/2019 Reject the National Pharmacare Plan and any other plan that will violate the Medicine Chest for First Nations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26 1 | P a g e ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS 2019 AGA & SCA RESOLUTIONS UPDATE REPORT 2020 24/2019 Engage Extensively with First Nations on the Report of the Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 25/2019 Support for a First Nations Led Engagement Process on Nation Building ----------------------------- 27 26/2019 Elders’ Statement on Rights to Protect Nationhood -------------------------------------------------------- 29 27/2019 Treaty and Inherent Rights Sharing Discussions ------------------------------------------------------------- 29 28/2019 Treaty and Inherent Rights Legal Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 29/2019 100 Wellington Street ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 30/2019 An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families – Support for a British Columbia specific approach to transition and implementation planning -------------------------------- 31 31/2019 Ontario Specific Process to Bill C-92, An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Children, Youth, and Families ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 32/2019 Support the Declaration by Indigenous Nations and Peoples on Indigenous Territories ---------- 33 33/2019 Developing a Ten-Year Treaty Education Implementation Plan ----------------------------------------- 34 34/2019 First Nations Education Infrastructure Review --------------------------------------------------------------- 35 35/2019 Additional Funding for First Nations Elementary and Secondary Education -------------------------- 36 36/2019 Chiefs Committee on Cannabis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 37/2019 Continued Advocacy on Canada’s International Trade Agreements to achieve Economic Reconciliation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 38/2019 Increasing First Nations Procurement Opportunities and Benefits ------------------------------------- 40 39/2019 Inclusion of Canada Summer Jobs to First Nations Labour Market Agreements -------------------- 41 40/2019 First Nations Labour Market Agreement (FNLMA) holders and the First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative (FNICCI) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 41/2019 Support for Treaty-Based Funding Arrangements and First Nations that are being impacted by existing Fiscal Relations discussions Federally --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 42/2019 Demarcation of Indigenous Language Signs on Traditional and Ancestral Lands ------------------- 43 43/2019 Treaty and Adhesions to Treaty Commemoration ---------------------------------------------------------- 44 44/2019 Supporting First Nations Guardians ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 45/2019 National Expansion of the Indigenous Rookie League Baseball Program ------------------------------ 45 46/2019 Support for Sumas First Nation Gaming Initiatives ---------------------------------------------------------- 46 47/2019 Support for Miziwe Biik Employment and Training Centre ----------------------------------------------- 46 48/2019 Support of Cannabis as Part of Global Indigenous Culture ------------------------------------------------ 47 49/2019 Support for an Inquest into the Death of Devon Freeman ------------------------------------------------ 48 50/2019 Support for the Canadian Safety and Security Program – Project Charter ---------------------------- 48 2 | P a g e ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS 2019 AGA & SCA RESOLUTIONS UPDATE REPORT 2020 51/2019 Support for Fort Albany First Nation Treatment Detox Centre/Mental Health Facility ------------ 49 52/2019 Fraser River Salmon State of Emergency ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 53/2019 Human Right to Clean Drinking Water ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 54/2019 Support for First Nations Self-Determined Right to Govern the Cultivation, Processing and Retail of Cannabis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51 55/2019 Support for the Development of an Implementation Plan, Funding Strategy and Governance Strategy for the Wood Buffalo National Park Action Plan ------------------------------------------------------------- 52 56/2019 Support for the Earth Strike and Fridays For Future movements and the General Strike on September 27, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 53 57/2019 Request Letter for Support to Gambler First Nation in their efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of their Nation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 54 58/2019 Supporting an increased role for First Nations in the Government of Canada’s Procurement Process for removing Unexploded Ordnance on First Nation lands ------------------------------------------------ 55 59/2019 Strengthening and Supporting the Assembly of First Nations Women’s Council -------------------- 55 60/2019 The Protection of First Nations Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Knowledge, Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------