Finding current Duty to Consult legislation inadequate, opposition M-L-A Betty Nippi-Albright introduced a private members bill that she hopes will bring the province into line with a United Nations declaration. Kakewistehaw First Nation Chief Evan Taypotat said currently they are having to beg for input into the nearby potash industry and related fields.

Nippi-Albright says the bill would make Saskatchewan the first province with legislation that brings the Duty to Consult process into line with Supreme Court rulings and the United Nations Declaration of the Rights on Indigenous Peoples Act.

The NDP welcomed delegates from George Gordon First Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Birch Narrows Dene Nation, Flying Dust First Nation, Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation, Kahkewistahaw First Nation and other nations. A news release from the NDP states that Nippi-Albright and Indigenous leaders were moved to action last October when the provincial government posted 8,392 acres of Crown land for public auction without meaningfully consulting Indigenous rights holders.