Today, Canada and National Indigenous leaders took an important step toward lasting reconciliation. The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, joined National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak of the Assembly of First Nations, President Natan Obed of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and President Victoria Pruden of the Métis National Council, in the signing of a Letter of Intent and a Collaboration Implementation Framework that further solidifies the permanent First Nations, Inuit and Métis presence in the heart of Canada’s Parliamentary Precinct.