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Chief Theresa Spence pledges to continue hunger strike
CBC News
Posted: Dec 27, 2012 11:33 PM ET
Last Updated: Dec 27, 2012 11:31 PM ET
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence said she will continue to press on with her hunger strike until Prime Minister Stephen Harper agrees to meet with her and other First Nations leaders to discuss the issue of aboriginal treaties.
CBC's senior correspondent Terry Milewski interviewed Spence, who is entering her third week of the hunger strike.
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