1) First Nations Families and Communities: AFN will work with and support First Nations to ensure respect for, well-being of, and opportunity for, First Nations youth, families and communities. Through education and skills training, we have an opportunity to overcome the attempts of the residential school system to destroy our culture and language by dividing our communities and families. This is our time to use education as our tool to retain and maintain the strength of First Nations languages, history, teachings and values while facilitating better understanding between First Nations and the rest of Canadian society. This will support the rebuilding of families and communities and promote First Nations participation in strong and sustainable economies locally and nationally. This is our time to empower our fast growing youth population in ways that will ensure a future of opportunity, success and prosperity. The voices of our youth must be heard, understood and included.

2) Treaties, Title and Rights: AFN will approach all rights-based discussions and efforts grounded by the full understanding that First Nations have inherent jurisdiction as indigenous peoples of this land. In a focused and inclusive manner, the AFN will support First Nations to implement our sacred treaties and our constitutionally protected title and rights using clear standards, such as those set out as a minimum in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It is our time to take steps to implement First Nations inherent rights and jurisdiction by supporting traditional governance, achieving acceptable consultation and accommodation standards and securing resource revenues sharing.

3) Economy and Environment: AFN will support First Nations in pursuing a vision of sustainable economic self-sufficiency achieved by ensuring investments in stable community infrastructure and effective business partnerships. By being active participants in economic development, we can better ensure First Nations economies thrive, creating wealth and jobs and supporting our people to have an active role in shaping the national economy. It is our time to take a leadership role as indigenous peoples to balance development opportunities and conservation of the earth through environmental protection and green development.

4) Nation Building, First Nation Governments: AFN will be truly an "Assembly of Nations" providing political advocacy, support and coordination for First Nations to unite with collective strength to rebuild our nations. AFN will support First Nations, as the rightful holders of title, rights and as signatories to treaties, to engage with governments and serve their citizens wherever they may reside, based on the full recognition of the autonomy, diversity and interdependence of First Nations. AFN will advocate for full recognition of First Nations’ jurisdiction and sustainable transfer agreements based on real costs across all policy areas such as education, health prevention and treatment, children and families, justice and others that support and build our government and service capacity. It is our time to build our nations by unifying our voice and taking the necessary steps toward the full and final displacement of the Indian Act.