‘It has a terrible history,’ Indigenous Affairs needs to go in order for reconciliation to happen, says Liberal MP

The department governing aboriginal affairs was founded on the premise of 'the destruction of indigenous peoples,' says Robert-Falcon Ouellette.

The Liberal backbencher is also pushing a private member's bill to hold the government to account for its commitment to implementation of the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHELSEA NASH

December 16, 2016

Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette says the department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs may have to be rebuilt entirely if reconciliation is to happen. The MP from Winnipeg Centre, Man. said he thinks the history of the department that was responsible for many years for the marginalization of i...

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