Federal government appoints first Indigenous Minister of Indigenous Services Canada

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "First Nations across the country are going to feel like they have somebody to talk to a lot more and advocate towards and speak to and have political discussions with her," Ms. Woodhouse Nepinak said, adding that she hopes Canadians and Ms. Gull-Masty's fellow cabinet members also give her a chance.
42% : " Mark Carney's new cabinet: A look at the ministers who are in and out Ms. Gull-Masty's appointment is historic, as the portfolio has previously only been headed by ministers of non-Indigenous ancestry.
35% : "High expectations, of course, to try and deliver and fix the broken," Ms. Woodhouse Nepinak said about the often problematic and paternalistic relationship between First Nations and the centuries-old federal department once known as Indian Affairs.

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