A Nova Scotia First Nation says it has banned the province’s premier and two of his senior ministers from band lands. The Sipekne’katik First Nation says Premier Tim Houston, Attorney General Scott Armstrong, and Leah Martin, the minister responsible for leading negotiations on Aboriginal and treaty rights, aren’t welcome, branding them “‘undesirables” in a statement Tuesday. It’s the latest salvo since the community and other First Nations in the province criticized the provincial government last week for directing police to crack down on illegal cannabis. The directive from Armstrong has sparked criticism that the government may be interfering with law enforcement to target First Nations communities. The Mi’kmaq community near Shubenacadie says Tuesday that a signed band council resolution declares that the Nova Scotia government has no jurisdiction on reserve…
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