Premier Christy Clark’s congratulates Justin Trudeau and his ministers

1987… Bill Wilson who is the father to Jody Wilson-Raybould, our new Minister of Justice…here he is going head to head with Pierre Trudeau and letting him know that his daughter wanted to be Prime Minister…

Sheila North Wilson hopes now that an Indigenous woman has been named Canada’snew justice minister, there will be “meaningful change” in how Ottawa deals with the Indigenous community.

There are chuckles in the room as Wilson pauses, and then adds.

Indigenous leaders nationwide were encouraged by Trudeau’s appointment of two indigenous people to his cabinet, a first.

She says she is confident they will fight for provincial priorities such as a renewed Softwood Lumber Agreement, development of liquefied natural gas and the full inclusion of First Nations in the economy.

After a long pause Wilson fires back, “Well, Mr. prime minister, if you’re honest…”

“I realized my experience could be really put to use in this environment”, he told the Courier last month when asked about entering politics. The Honourable Wilson-Raybould said she has been receiving…

“Trudeau being the kind of obstreperous guy that he was got into a bit of a confrontation with me”, he recalls. Worme recounted to APTN National News the words of Wilson-Raybould’s father, all those years ago.

Vancouver-Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould has been sworn in as Canada’s Justice Minister and Attorney General.

“I think it’s more than just symbolism, I think that she has lived that life”. “It looks like the young guy has a chip off the old block”.

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says it’s worthwhile to point out that Wilson-Raybould wasn’t “pigeon-holed” into the ministry of aboriginal affairs simply because she is indigenous.

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Grand Chief Derek Nepinak said in a press release that the fact that the ceremony included indigenous protocols and traditions by acknowledging the unceded Alonquin territory and including a Cree hand drum song and an Inuit throat song was a first step towards reconciliation and the mending of relationships with indigenous people.