Canada’s criminalization of the Indigenous tobacco trade | Pamela Palmater

By Pamela Palmater ( April 4, 2018, 9:32 AM EDT) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claims that there is no more important relationship than the one with Indigenous peoples and committed to a renewed nation to nation relationship based on respect for Indigenous rights. To this end, Trudeau made many promises to First Nations, including a commitment to review and repeal all of the laws imposed on First Nations by the former Conservative government led by Stephen Harper....