Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 46)

Five leaders from various national Aboriginal organizations met with Trudeau to try and work out a plan to implement the recommendations contained in the Truth and Reconciliations June report. The commission’s final report was released Tuesday in Ottawa. (APTN National News, December 16, 2015)

"The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Perry Bellegarde, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on shared priorities during the first AFN-Crown meeting under the new permanent bilateral mechanism process."

The Prime Minister and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations sign Memorandum of Understanding on shared priorities

"Three of the country’s largest Indigenous groups – the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Metis National Council – all bowed out of the talks in Bouctouche, N.B., held a day before provincial leaders are set to gather in St. Andrew’s, N.B., for their annual Council of the Federation meetings Thursday and Friday."

(Global News, July 18, 2018)

"The indigenous leaders who met with Mr. Trudeau were mostly eager to praise the actions of the Prime Minister and his government.

Perry Bellegarde, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said the promise of the regular meetings with the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers is "key" to making progress on policy and legislation, especially as it related to constitutional issues and the UN declaration. "We see things moving," said Mr. Bellegarde, "not as effectively and efficiently as can be done within 12 months, but we know there's a strategy and plan moving forward.""
(The Globe and Mail, May 17, 2018)