Robert Tay-Burroughs

Brenda Murphy is the 32nd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. She was appointed Sept. 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray

New Brunswick’s ruling that the lieutenant governor must be bilingual needs to be appealed, but not for the reasons you think

The federal government must appeal this ruling — not because it disagrees with it, but because such a consequential decision requires greater appreciation of the Crown and its constitutional nuances.
New Brunswick Aboriginal Affairs Minister Arlene Dunn and Premier Blaine Higgs speak with the media as part of National Indigenous Peoples Day in Fredericton on June 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray

New Brunswick ban on land acknowledgements is a death blow to nation‑to‑nation relationships

If senior ministers of the Crown in New Brunswick responsible for Indigenous relations cannot accept or acknowledge Indigenous sovereignty, then surely nation-to-nation must be dead.

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