Friday, February 15, 2019

Jody Wilson-Raybould’s nation and family say ‘Trudeau’s gone after one of our matriarchs’

Vancouver-Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould appears at a University of B.C. event on Jan. 23, just after she was moved from attorney general to Veterans Affairs — and just weeks before her resignation from Justin Trudeau's Liberal Cabinet on Tuesday.  (David P. Ball / Star Vancouver)
 
VANCOUVER—Members of Jody Wilson-Raybould’s nation and family are coming to her defence, following her resignation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet Tuesday and earlier dismissal as attorney general.

Her father, Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chief Bill Wilson, told the Star he and many others in their nation — which comprises multiple First Nations governments on northern Vancouver Island — saw her treatment as insulting and demeaning to their community.

“Trudeau’s gone after one of our matriarchs,” Wilson, 47, said in an interview Wednesday in Vancouver.

“Any attack upon Jody is not only an attack on women — something Trudeau will have to rationalize to all Canadian women in the next election — but it is a direct attack on our community and our value system.”

Wilson-Raybould’s traditional name, Puglaas, was given to her by her grandmother, the most important influence in the politician’s life, her father explained. In their nation’s Kwak’wala language, Wilson added, Puglaas is one of the “highest names in our tribe” and means “woman with integrity.”...https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/02/14/jody-wilson-rayboulds-nation-and-family-say-trudeaus-gone-after-one-of-our-matriarchs.html

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