It was concern over maintaining the reconciliation momentum that led Trudeau to move Wilson-Raybould from Justice to Indigenous Services, said Butts. Butts said that, in hindsight, he should have expected her decision to reject the move to Indigenous Services. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the offer of Indigenous Services to Jody Wilson-Raybould was 'humiliating.' "Asking her to administer the Indian Act is not only inappropriate, it is deeply humiliating." Indigenous Services took over programs, services and infrastructure — like child welfare, housing and drinking water.

Source: CBC News March 06, 2019 23:59 UTC