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Winnipeg Free Press Squires served on powerful committee for five days By: Carol Sanders | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021 Last Modified: 10:35 PM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021 | Updates Save to Read Later Family Services Minister Rochelle Squires was a member of the most powerful cabinet committee in the Pallister government for five days until she questioned the premier s comments on colonialism and residential schools. Family Services Minister Rochelle Squires was a member of the most powerful cabinet committee in the Pallister government for five days until she questioned the premier s comments on colonialism and residential schools. Squires was appointed to the priorities and planning committee with an order-in-council on July 15. The order was rescinded on July 20. ....
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Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 26, 2021 Last Modified: 8:38 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 26, 2021 | Updates Opinion He may not be the biggest thorn in Premier Brian Pallister s side, but Tory MLA Shannon Martin is a thorn, nonetheless. He may not be the biggest thorn in Premier Brian Pallister s side, but Tory MLA Shannon Martin is a thorn, nonetheless. The McPhillips MLA, one of the diligent worker bees on the backbenches of the Pallister government, has quietly become one of the Manitoba premier s foremost critics. Following MLA Eileen Clarke s July 14 resignation from the post of Indigenous and northern affairs minister, Martin became the first Tory to break ranks. He said Clarke s decision after Pallister tried to defend the benevolent intentions of colonial settlers was shitty but understandable. ....
OTTAWA New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating has died. She was 64 years old. Keating was appointed to the Senate in January 2020 and sat with the Independent Senators Group. She was a lawyer and constitutional expert who spent several decades as a senior civil servant in New Brunswick, including as a legal adviser to the premier. In a statement, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs highlighted Keating s passion for the law and public policy. During her career, she worked tirelessly to promote the equal and just treatment of women in the legal profession and in 1993, she became the founder and first president of New Brunswick’s Women in Law, Higgs said. ....
Winnipeg Free Press By: Niigaan Sinclair | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 16, 2021 Last Modified: 8:14 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 16, 2021 | Updates Alan Lagimodiere, Manitoba’s new Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations minister, is a nice man. He’s Métis and, while certainly not the first Indigenous person to serve in that role, having one in that position is always notable. I know him and his family, because he’s MLA for Selkirk, my hometown. His family started the veterinary clinic there and cared for our family dog. I later worked with his son at the University of Manitoba. He’s originally from The Pas and has a mixed heritage. I’m not sure what Métis community Lagimodiere draws his Métis identity from, but Opaskwayak Cree Nation is right across the river and the two communities are deeply intertwined. ....