Opinions & Analysis

Carolyn Bennett should quit because of government failures on Crown-Indigenous relations

In the aftermath of the discovery of 751 more unmarked Indigenous children's and adults' graves on the grounds of the former Marieval residential "school," Indigenous MP Jody Wilson-Raybould spoke out.

She said it was time for meaningful government action, not an unnecessary early election.

Almost immediately, Justin Trudeau's Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett responded churlishly with a one-word text to Wilson-Raybould: "Pension?"

Liberals could have worked with the NDP to ban conversion therapy—instead, they chose to play games with the Tories

Tom Parkin: first the Liberals dodged a conversion therapy ban, calling it provincial jurisdiction. Then they rejected an NDP offer to fast-track legislation. Then they delayed bill C-6, playing games with the Conservatives rather than protecting Canadians.

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