Media Advisory - Ministers Lametti and Bennettto Hold Media Availability

The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, P.C., Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, will speak to the media regarding the passing in the Senate of Bill C-15, An Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Friday 18 June 2021 08:30

They will be joined by National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations, President Natan Obed of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Vice-President David Chartrand of the Metis National Council. Chief Dr. Wilton Littlechild will also be present, along with Elders who will open the event.

PRESS CONFERENCE

Date:Friday, June 18, 2021
Time:9:15 a.m.  (EDT)

Reporters must access via the telephone line to be able to ask questions: 

Toll-free dial-in number (Canada/US): 
1-866-805-7923
Local dial-in number: 613-960-7518
Passcode: 8733161#

Ref.:   Chantalle Aubertin, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Justice, 613- 992-6568, [email protected]; Media Relations Office, Department of Justice Canada, 613-957-4207; Ani Dergalstanian, Press Secretary and Communications Advisor, Office of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, 647-232-7212; Media Relations, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, 819-934-2302, [email protected]