First Nations leaders walk out of Mark Carney meeting on Building Canada Act

A police officer with First Nations protesters outside the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, where the meeting took place. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

Several First Nations leaders have walked out of a meeting with Mark Carney, as an event the Canadian prime minister hoped would assuage their concerns over his Building Canada Act instead left many with growing concern that it would violate their rights.

Carney has spent recent weeks promoting the act, which passed last month as part of Bill C-5 and which he says is a key part of his campaign promise to ensure Canada’s economy is less dependent on the US under Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened huge tariffs.