
Treaty Six chiefs demand resignation of Kenney’s speechwriter
Calls are becoming louder for Premier Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter Paul Bunner after it was revealed this week he made comments in 2013 questioning the severity of the effects of residential schools on Indigenous peoples.
On Thursday, Kenney stated that he “fundamentally disagreed” with Bunner’s statements, but rejected demands from the opposition NDP to give him the boot.
Kenney said his government denounces the horrors of the residential schools and the institutionalized racism that supported them, adding that the best way forward is for everyone to work together and listen.
“I think we’re all learning about, for example, the reality and legacy of the Aboriginal residential schools,” said the premier.