MPs Patty Hajdu and Marc Miller take over the Minister of Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations cabinet portfolios
Indigenous leaders reacted positively on Tuesday after changes were announced to two cabinet portfolios focused on Indigenous affairs, and say they’re looking forward to working with the new ministers on reconciliation.
Ms. Bennett remains in cabinet in a newly created portfolio on mental health and addictions. But her departure from Crown-Indigenous Relations follows calls from Indigenous leaders for her to resign before the past federal election over a text message she sent to Jody Wilson-Raybould regarding the former justice minister’s MP pension.
Lorraine Whitman, the president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, said all of the new ministers have shown compassion in their work at the federal level. He said they have worked on big files, especially during the pandemic, and have what it takes to work with Inuit, First Nations and Métis. He also said they can do heavy lifting inside government departments that are historically “very difficult to work with from the position of Indigenous peoples.”
When asked about the matter, Mr. Trudeau would not say which direction his government would take. He reiterated that Ottawa remains committed to compensation for Indigenous children. The federal government must decide what to do by Friday, which marks one month since a Federal Court judge handed down his decision.
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