Nova Scotia premier to apologize to Mi’kmaq for ‘conquered’ people law brief
HALIFAX — A group of Mi’kmaq chiefs will get an apology from Nova Scotia’s premier Thursday for a government legal brief that implied members of a First Nation band are a conquered people.
“I will extend my apologies,” Stephen McNeil said Wednesday ahead of a scheduled meeting Thursday at the Nova Scotia Archives.
“That brief didn’t reflect who I am, doesn’t reflect the belief of my government, and I certainly will express that to them.”
McNeil had already distanced himself last week from the brief, after accusations the government had set back relations with First Nations people.