Karen Restoule: Pierre Poilievre gets it right with message to First Nations – The Hub

16 July 2024

“There’s so much untapped potential in this country. So much of that potential resides in your Nations and communities. For too long, you’ve been held back by a broken system that takes power away from you and places it in the hands of politicians and bureaucrats in Ottawa. That’s why I’m committed to ending the ‘Ottawa-knows-best’ paternalistic system.”

– Pierre Poilievre, addressing the Assembly of First Nations

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Opposition, attended the 45th Assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations in Montreal last week. There he delivered a strong message to First Nations leaders in attendance that echoed many of the sentiments that have become his bread and butter, focusing on reducing bureaucratic overreach and empowering individuals and local decision-makers over gatekeepers; in this case, he emphasized the importance of restoring autonomy to First Nations. He took the opportunity to criticize the federal government’s “paternalistic” and “Ottawa-knows-best” approach towards First Nations, affirming that a Conservative government would focus on creating economic opportunities and growth for First Nations communities so that their children could become among the wealthiest globally.

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