Several Indigenous leaders say former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was deeply brave in her explosive testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair, but they're steering clear of criticizing the Trudeau government.
Wilson-Raybould had been the highest-ranking Indigenous person ever in the Canadian government, but she was demoted from the justice ministry to veterans affairs in January and quit the cabinet in mid-February.
"We want to thank Jody Wilson-Raybould for her courage and strength to stand up for what was right," said FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. "As a First Nations woman, she displayed nothing but professionalism, integrity and most of all truth in her testimony yesterday." He, too, sidestepped commenting on the actions of the Trudeau government, saying only that he liked her suggestion that Parliament should review the notion of splitting the role of attorney general from the justice portfolio, as is done in Britain.
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