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By Connor Gunn

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Blackfoot Confederacy calling on Premier Jason Kenney to fire his “racist” speechwriter

Jul 2, 2020 | 3:14 PM

EDMONTON, AB– The Blackfoot confederacy is joining calls to fire a speechwriter for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.

Paul Bunner is under fire in a response to a series of allegedly racist articles he wrote smearing indigenous people and claiming that residential school survivors are lying about a “bogus genocide story” for financial gain.

“Many within our Confederacy and nationally suffered directly and indirectly from the residential school experience and unfortunately many survivors continue to be negatively impacted by this systemic attempt of the federal government to do away with our way of life,” said Chief Roy Fox of the Blood Tribe/Kainai First Nation in a statement today.

“The Alberta government should ensure that their actions reflect the true intent of their words and agreements with us. We call upon the province to make the right decision and dismiss this person.”

“This isn’t a ‘bogus’ story as stated by Bunner and he needs to be dismissed,” said Chief Ouray Crowfoot of the Siksika Nation.

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On June 25, the Confederacy of Treaty Six Chiefs called for Kenney to dismiss Bunner, “following the dehumanizing criticism he displayed in the media referring to Indian Residential Schools.

“By refusing to fire Paul Bunner, Jason Kenney is endorsing his racism,” said Shannon Phillips, MLA for Lethbridge-West. “I am appalled that the premier is protecting his high-paid racist speechwriter at the expense of so much harm to indigenous people and communities across Alberta. Kenney must dismiss Bunner and apologize for not doing so immediately.”