Randy Boissonnault's "Non-Status Adopted Cree" Claim

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Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault

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Boissonnault says he came up with confusing ‘non-status adopted Cree’ term | Globalnews.ca

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Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault says he came up with the term 'non-status adopted Cree' His office said in mid-November that the term was "explained to him by an Indigenous researcher" The University of Toronto professor Chadwick Cowie said he did not research Boissonnaault ’s family lineage.

The term “ensured that I claimed no Indigenous status for myself while also honouring the Indigenous heritage of the family who adopted and raised me,” he told a House of Commons committee.

Boissonnault formed GHI with Stephen Anderson in 2020 at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic pandemic.

The Liberal party also falsely claimed he was Indigenous when it promoted its Indigenous Caucus in 2016 .

The National Post reported Anderson claimed the company they co-owned was “wholly Indigenous owned” when bidding on federal contracts in 2020 .

Canada ’s ethics commissioner looked into the texts twice and decided not to launch an investigation.

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