Rickford remarks rankle First Nations politicians – TimminsToday.com

Nov 07, 2025

NAN grand chief and Kiiwetinoong MPP say Indigenous affairs minister was condescending and racist in a Queen’s Park committee meeting

THUNDER BAY — Ontario’s Indigenous affairs minister was condescending and racist in the way he handled questions from the province’s only First Nations MPP last week, according to Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler.

The grand chief is “very right” in that assessment, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa said Wednesday in an interview with Newswatch.

Mamakwa, a Kingfisher Lake First Nation member, said Greg Rickford’s response to questions in a budget estimates meeting at Queen’s Park was “really patronizing, very demeaning.”

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