Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier McNeil Re: Sipekne’katik Treaty-Based Fishery

The attached letter, signed by over 150 settler and Indigenous academics and legal professionals across Canada, was sent to Prime Minister Trudeau and Nova Scotia Premier McNeil on October 1 urging immediate action to protect the safety of our client Sipekne’katik First Nation and to recognize and uphold Sipekne’katik’s Treaty right to a moderate-livelihood fishery.

Read the full letter here.