Canada PM says will meet with native leaders amid protests

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with native leaders on January 11, his office announced on Friday, after weeks of aboriginal protests and a hunger strike by one chief that has run into its third week. Harper said the meeting would address two key issues: the treaty relationship between the government and native groups and aboriginal rights, as well as economic development. He described it as a follow-up to a meeting that took place in January 2012. …