Wab Kinew wants the Indian Act gone: It’s an opportunity to trade old colonial rules for new nation-to-nation relations
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew recently called for the abolition of the Indian Act during a meeting in Ottawa with Prime Minister Mark Carney, provincial premiers and First Nations leaders. Holding up his Indian status card, Kinew questioned why Canada continues to maintain legislation that classifies Indigenous people according to a federally administered system of identity. Some have called his remarks a distraction from the conversation on resource extraction. A few Conservatives have called it…
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