Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities
Bruce McAllister said chiefs should focus on poverty, drugs and violence in their communities after they sought an RCMP treason probe.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and First Nations leadership clash over the province's Oct. 19 separation referendum, as tensions escalate following a request for an RCMP investigation into the vote.
- Seeking an RCMP investigation, the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs voted to determine if the referendum organized by Smith's United Conservative Party amounts to 'criminal treason,' alleging an intentional treaty violation.
- On social media, Bruce McAllister, executive director of the premier's office, told chiefs to focus on 'fixing' community issues rather than having 'the gall' to accuse the premier of treason.
- Responding on Wednesday, Smith told reporters the chiefs should 'check themselves' for making what she characterized as an inflammatory accusation regarding the referendum.
- This confrontation follows a court decision quashing a separatist petition for neglecting the government's legal duty to consult First Nations, deepening friction over the separation debate.
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Senior aide of Alberta premier says First Nations should focus on own problems, not accuse premier of treason
The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith's office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in poverty, drugs and violence.
Alberta Premier Calls for Reciprocal Respect After Assembly of Treaty Chiefs Accuse Her of Treason
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Assembly of Treaty Chiefs should show mutual respect if the chiefs want to maintain good working relations with her cabinet and have their attention, after the assembly called on police to investigate her for “treason.” The Alberta Assembly of Treaty Chiefs representing Treaties 6, 7, and 8 passed a resolution June 16 calling on the RCMP and auditor general to investigate Smith for treason, citing concerns ove…
Alberta premier’s office head wades into fray on separation battle with First Nations chiefs
The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office may have further inflamed the debate over the issue of separation in Alberta. In a social media post Thursday, Bruce McAllister said that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in poverty, drugs and violence. In a lengthy post on social media, McAllister says the chiefs should focus on their own problems rather than…
The Toronto Star
Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities
EDMONTON - The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in poverty,
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