‘I ended up being treated as the ‘Indian’ in the cabinet’: Wilson-Raybould

Jody Wilson-Raybould's book, 'Indian' in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power, is one of five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, picked as one of the best political books of the year.

Jody Wilson Raybould, pictured Feb. 27, 2019, appearing before the House Justice Committee on the Hill to give her testimony about the SNC-Lavalin affair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD

May 16, 2022

I went to Ottawa hoping to be an Indigenous woman in the cabinet and contribute teachings and learnings from the Indigenous experience in this country to making good decisions and setting better policy. I ended up being treated as the “Indian” in the cabinet. Became the “Indian” out of the c...

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