A Métis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims to Indigenous ancestry. Randy Boissonnault has been described as Indigenous multiple times in communications from the Liberal party. In 2018 at a heritage committee meeting, he referred to himself as “non-status adopted Cree from Alberta,” […]

OTTAWA - A Métis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims to Indigenous ancestry.

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa on Monday after a weeklong break with no sign of a resolution to the House stalemate, tempers ramped back up, and renewed calls for a Liberal cabinet minister to resign — or be fired.

OTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault apologized on Friday for not having been “clear” about his family’s links to Indigenous ancestry as he now says he should have been.