BTW if you're curious - what would national building and First Nations priorities actually look like? Like this: afn.ca/economy-infr...

Pre-Trudeau, First Nations communities suffered under a 2% annual funding increase cap. That cap didn't keep pace with population growth. Under Carney's Liberals, it's not just a 2% increase cap - it's a ZERO percent cap, a freeze. Literally worse than Harper. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

We have a responsibility to listen, act, and ensure policies reflect Inuit priorities – from housing, income and food security, health care to safety, climate action, and the rights of Inuit women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people. 2/3

City of Calgary Mayor and Councillors,

It is with great disappointment that our first communication to the newly formed council of the City of Calgary is to speak to an act of reprehensible violent raids perpetrated by the Calgary Police Service upon the most vulnerable residents.

Police sweeps are colonial tactics used to further displace vulnerable people and incarcerate Indigenous peoples to continue the displacement and assimilation tactics of land theft.

The measured and misleading language from the police Chief including statements such as “Arresting is connecting,” and “Arrests will be made when necessary, but always with dignity and care.”

... intended to deliberately manipulate the public and camouflage the violence of raids and imprisonment each of the victims of Wednesday’s attacks will suffer from.