Federal-provincial fight over Manitoba landfill search inflames volatile situation: political scientist
A placard displaying a court order to end a blockade of the Brady Road landfill, placed by the City of Winnipeg along the main access road to the city-owned waste facility, lies in the ditch on Friday evening. The blockade began after the Manitoba government said it would not support a search for the remains of two women at a separate landfill.
The subsequent sparring match with federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller over that decision transformed the premier into the very sort of combative figure she tried to avoid becoming. "There will inevitably be political and financial calculations made by all governments, but they need to recognize and accept that they have a moral duty to do everything possible to lower the temperature, to minimize conflict, and to seek consensus on actions which are both ethically defensible and feasible in terms of practicality," Thomas said.
How do you safely search a landfill? And other questions about possible search for remains of 2 women Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller's response was likely intended to reflect the frustrations of Indigenous leaders 'and amplify them to get some kind of action,' says Jared Wesley, a political scientist at the University of Alberta.
Meanwhile, Stefanson may be getting caught up in "a national brand of conservatism driven out of Alberta, and driven out of Ottawa, that is far less compassionate and far more combative," he said.
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