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Sipekne\u2019katik First Nation is once again chastising the Houston government and says that the premier and two of his cabinet ministers are not welcome on reserve lands.<\/p>\n
In a news release Tuesday, Chief Michelle Glasgow said she and band council for the Mi\u2019kmaw community have adopted a resolution that Premier Tim Houston, Justice Minister Scott Armstrong and L\u2019nu Affairs Minister Leah Martin are banned \u201cas undesirables\u201d from band property.<\/p>\n
\u201cPremier Houston has lost all credibility as the province\u2019s elected Premier; he continues to be ill-advised on anything related to L\u2019nu Affairs and continues to violate constitutionally protected Mi\u2019kmaw rights,\u201d Glasgow said in the release. “They don\u2019t have our best interest at heart.”<\/p>\n
Breaking the ban could result in a $50,000 fine, the statement says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis banning is not only for our protection, but for theirs,\u201d Glasgow added.<\/p>\n
The premier’s office said in a brief statement to CBC News that “Government takes safety threats on the Premier and Ministers very seriously.”<\/p>\n
Glasgow said that Houston has not visited the First Nation in central Nova Scotia or developed relationships with Sipekne\u2019katik\u2019s elected leaders since he came into office in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has continued to radicalize colonial practices to suppress our community and fellow Mi\u2019kmaw by forming Laws that direct harm against us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Houston should be “deeply ashamed” of appointing Armstrong and Martin, she added, saying Armstrong is not following “the highest law of Canada, the Constitution,” and Martin \u2014 who is Mi\u2019kmaw \u2014 is \u201ca disrespectful person who has no right to speak on our behalf.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sipekne\u2019katik has previously called for Martin\u2019s resignation<\/a>.<\/p>\n The statement does not point to any specific actions taken by the Houston government, and no one from Sipekne\u2019katik immediately responded to an interview request.<\/p>\n It comes less than a week after Armstrong directed police agencies to crack down on illegal cannabis<\/a> dispensaries, which Mi\u2019kmaw chiefs decried as a targeted attack. Glasgow has said she was “appalled” by the directive.<\/a><\/p>\n The rebuke from Sipekne\u2019katik is another blow to an already fractured relationship between Houston and First Nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mi\u2019kmaw chiefs and grassroots people have called out the Houston government repeatedly this year for failing to consult as it pushes for more natural resources development, and for passing legislation that was perceived to target Mi’kmaw land protectors<\/a>.<\/p>\n MORE TOP STORIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-335725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}