How did reconciliation die? Arresting peaceful land defenders so a corporation could build a pipeline through unceded Indigenous territory at the end of RCMP-held assault rifles didn’t help but Jason Kenney played his part too. He stoked the flames of petronationalism for political gain and continues to use the time-tested settler tactic of divide and conquer. We get into the specifics of Kenney’s reconciliation strategy with Rob Houle.
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Further reading:
- Treaty 8 First Nations walk out on meeting with Jason Kenney
- Letter from Chief Allan Adam to Kenney laying out his objections to Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
- Jason Nixon fires back at Chief Allan Adam
- Premier Kenney announces the Alberta Indigenous Opportunity Corporation Act
- Jason Kenney’s reconciliation strategy - Speech from Peter Lougheed Awards Dinner
- Court grants CN injunction against rail blockade in west Edmonton
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