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The chief of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam, Mike McKenzie, says he is happy for the first indigenous woman who will enter the National Assembly.
He hopes that the presence of the new MNA in the CAQ caucus will allow the progress of important files for his community, the Innu people and the North Shore.
Mike McKenzie cites as an example the creation of a protected area around the Moisie River and of a Ministry of Relations with Native people.
“I hope that at the level of the CAQ government, there will be an important place this time for the First Nations, to have more room to develop new nation-to-nation relations,” said Mike McKenzie.
“By having someone inside, from the First Nations, maybe it will help relations with the Quebec government,” he commented.
Mike McKenzie also wants the government to take into account the traditional knowledge of the Innu to save the caribou.