It’s just shocking’: Liberal cabinet minister’s shifting Indigenous identity scorned – National Post

Nov 13, 2024

Indigenous people irked by Randy Boissonnault first identifying as Cree, then switching to Métis

OTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says his shifting claims from being “non-status adoptive Cree” to recently stating his adoptive mother is “status Métis” are a “reflection of his family exploring their own history” and not him claiming Indigenous status.

Boissonnault’s spokesperson Alice Hansen sent National Post a statement Tuesday offering new details about the minister’s changing stories about his adoptive family’s identity, which had raised concerns among some Indigenous people.

Hansen said that Boissonnault’s mentions of being “adopted Cree” in Parliament in 2016 and 2018 came from an explanation from an Indigenous researcher based on the minister’s understanding of his adoptive family’s history “at the time.”

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