December 27, 2024

The Queens County Citizen

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The Pessamit Band Council will hold a referendum on the treaty with Quebec

The Pessamit Band Council will hold a referendum on the treaty with Quebec

The framework agreement signed Thursday by Pessamit and the Quebec government, which includes a $500 million lawsuit suspension, will be a hot topic in the North Shore's Innu community. “Once the negotiations are over, we will go to the referendum,” Mariel Vachon, Pessamit's head of the Innu community, announced on Radio-Canada.

We're going to go there. This is important in terms of negotiationShe asserted in an interview Alarm clock.

On Thursday morning, demonstrators demanded that the band council hold a referendum on the deal because they believe members of the community have not been adequately consulted on the matter.

Ian Lafreniere, the minister responsible for Indigenous Affairs, confirmed to Radio-Canada that the framework agreement signed Thursday represents the parameters of a future final agreement, which will be presented to the community during a referendum.

We will give 12 to 24 months time for negotiations. If there is an agreement, it will be submitted to the community.