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By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News First Nations leaders are calling on Premier Danielle Smith to apologize and fire her office\u2019s executive director after he made online remarks blaming chiefs for their people\u2019s suffering. Bruce McAllister, a former MLA and TV broadcaster, was responding to the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) unanimously passing a resolution on June 16 asking the RCMP and auditor general to investigate the premier for treason. \u201cWe call for this investigation on the basis of the intentional violation of the Treaties; of calling a referendum in the face of severe risks to Canada\u2019s sovereignty and the Treaty Relationship, and of failing to take action on the violation of privacy rights of millions of people,\u201d reads an AOTC statement. Criminal Code section 46(2)… <\/p>\n

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By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News First Nations leaders are calling on Premier Danielle Smith to apologize and fire her office\u2019s executive director after he made online remarks blaming chiefs for their people\u2019s suffering. Bruce McAllister, a former MLA and TV broadcaster, was responding to the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) unanimously passing a resolution on June 16 asking the RCMP and auditor general to investigate the premier for treason. \u201cWe call for this investigation on the basis of the intentional violation of the Treaties; of calling a referendum in the face of severe risks to Canada\u2019s sovereignty and the Treaty Relationship, and of failing to take action on the violation of privacy rights of millions of people,\u201d reads an AOTC statement. Criminal Code section 46(2)... <\/p>\n

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