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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – Today Grand Council Treaty #3 instructed lawyers to file a motion with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) seeking intervenor status in the litigation concerning the Ontario government’s rollback of the province’s Health and Physical Education curriculum – more conventionally known as ‘sex-ed’. “Last week at our Fall […]

Thursday, September 13, 2018 – Today, Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty #3, issued the following statement: “Today I speak on a matter of grave importance for all treaty people in the Province of Ontario. Premier Doug Ford’s use of the notwithstanding clause to overrule a decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice […]

Grand Council Treaty#3 extends congratulations to the Nishnawbe Aski Nation on their recent elections at the Keewaywin Conference hosted by Chapleau Cree First Nation. The Treaty#3 leadership acknowledges the achievements of Alvin Fiddler, Muskrat Dam First Nation, who was re-elected as Grand Chief and re-elected Deputy Grand Chiefs Jason Smallboy, Moose Cree First Nation, and […]

On July 25, 2018, Perry Bellegarde was elected for a consecutive term as the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.  Mr. Bellegarde secured the election on the second ballot, receiving 328 votes of the 522 ballots cast which represented 63% of the votes cast by Chiefs and proxies. Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh stated, “I […]

Kenora, ON – Today Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty #3, issued the following statement: “Last week I was deeply disturbed to learn that the Ford government was immediately scrapping the updated health and sexual education curriculum implemented by its predecessor in 2015, and reverting to a curriculum that is over 20 years old. Today’s […]

Kenora, ON – Today Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty 3, delivered the following statement: “Congratulations to Premier Doug Ford and the incoming members of the Ontario Executive Council. We look forward to building a positive relationship with Premier Ford, and to continuing to develop the nation-to-nation relationship initiated under the previous government. “I […]