First Nations leaders question Wilson-Raybould’s decision to decline Indigenous Services post GlobePolitics
Heather Bear, vice-chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which includes 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan, said she wonders if it would have been a positive step for the former justice minister to fill the role.
The Trudeau Liberals have been adamant about moving beyond the Indian Act, although exactly what that should look like is subject to debate. It was “amazing” for Wilson-Raybould to be offered the opportunity as an Indigenous person, he added, noting she would have brought valuable experience to the table, including from her time as the B.C. regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations.“Imagine now we have a First Nation leader, who is a lawyer, who is a regional chief, a prosecutor to actually now lead that file? Wow,” he said. “You couldn’t ask for a better picture.
Butts insisted to the same committee on Wednesday that SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. didn’t play a role in what was supposed to be a simple and tidy shuffle, prompted by former Treasury Board president Scott Brison’s retirement from politics. “I should have known that and had we had more time to think of the cabinet shuffle, I probably would have realized it,” Butts said.Butts said he advised Trudeau that the prime minister couldn’t have a minister vetoing reassignment because it would have set a precedent.
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