Stop Attacks Against Interim AFN Chief, New Brunswick Leader Implores at Assembly

Newly-appointed Interim National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Joanna Bernard (C) gets help adjusting her regalia before leading the grand procession during the AFN annual general assembly in Halifax on July 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

A First Nations leader from New Brunswick is imploring others to help stop social-media attacks targeting the new interim chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Terry Richardson, chief of Pabineau First Nation in northern NewBrunswick, addressed leaders gathered in Halifax today for the assembly’s annual meeting, held weeks after the ousting of former national chief RoseAnne Archibald.