A bill introduced earlier today in the legislature would give truth and reconciliation the standing it needs to improve the lives of Indigenous persons across Alberta, its sponsor said. Brooks Arcand-Paul, the NDP’s Indigenous relations critic, said his private member’s bill creates a framework for consultation, progress and accountability that’s lacking in the ruling UCP’s governance approach. Citing the child welfare system and drug poisonings as examples of failures, Arcand-Paul said: “I came into this job saying that my whole responsibility here was to make sure that my people stopped dying because of the UCP government’s inaction.” He continued: “That’s what I hope this legislation will do.” A lawyer who grew up in the Alexander First Nation near Edmonton, Arcand-Paul called the proposed legislation the first of its kind developed…
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