On weekly radio show, Premier Danielle Smith doubled down on her controversial version of Canada\u0027s history with Indigenous people.
Smith did not apologize for the comments made in the video, and chose instead to describe and affirm Alberta’s “partnership with First Nations” who the province aims to include in its economic activity.“This part of the world would not have been opened up if our First Nations partners had not been willing to trade with us, and show us the routes and develop a vibrant industry,” Smith told the caller.
“Children were incarcerated in residential schools,” TallBear added. “This was not multiculturalism. This is settlement replacement — the elimination of Indigenous peoples by eliminating the possibilities for them to exercise their life ways that had developed over millennia in these lands.” going across Canada — where First Nations communities don’t have access to clean drinking water,” she said. “People rely on the statement she’s making, so she has an obligation to Albertans to apologize and correct her facts.”
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