{"id":60938,"date":"2025-12-10T10:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60938"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:06:48","slug":"mombourquette-responds-to-provinces-decision-impacting-indigenous-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60938","title":{"rendered":"Mombourquette responds to province&#8217;s decision impacting Indigenous communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SYDNEY:<\/strong> Liberal MLA Derek Mombourquette, who represents Sydney-Membertou, reacted to the government&#8217;s recent policy decisions impacting Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He issued a statement on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Houston government\u2019s recent actions interfering with treaty rights are deeply concerning and show a lack of respect for Indigenous communities,&#8221; said Mombourquette. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Serving as the MLA for Sydney-Membertou is an honour I don\u2019t take lightly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Over the years, I\u2019ve learned so much from our Indigenous communities, and I\u2019ve always prioritized working collaboratively with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This week, I\u2019ve heard from people across this province who are hurt and disappointed by this government\u2019s decisions,&#8221; added Mombourquette. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I share those feelings. <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I urge the Premier and his government to pause, listen, and show the respect that our Indigenous communities deserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We all want the best for this province, and we can only achieve it by working together.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY: Liberal MLA Derek Mombourquette, who represents Sydney-Membertou, reacted to the government&#8217;s recent policy decisions impacting Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia. He issued a statement on Wednesday morning. &#8220;The Houston government\u2019s recent actions interfering with treaty rights are deeply concerning and show a lack of respect for Indigenous communities,&#8221; said Mombourquette. &#8220;Serving as the MLA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[2007,7907,845,48,1308,2390,9902],"class_list":["post-60938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-derek-mombourquette","tag-illegal-cannabis","tag-indigenous","tag-n-s","tag-n-s-liberal-party","tag-sipeknekatik-first-nation","tag-sydney-membertou-mla-derek-mombourquette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}