'Growing tension' inside the public service over Indigenous self-identification

The top official at Indigenous Services Canada addressed the issue of Indigenous identity in the public service by urging greater honesty in self-identification, signalling what one elder calls “a growing tension” around the issue inside government.

'Growing tension' inside the public service over Indigenous self-identification
A man smiles for a picture with the West Block of Parliament Hill in the background.

The top official at Indigenous Services Canada addressed the issue of Indigenous identity in the public service by urging greater honesty in self-identification, signalling what one elder calls “a growing tension” around the issue inside government.