Boissonnault apologizes for shifting statements about family’s Indigeneity [Video]

Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault apologized Friday for “not being as clear” as he could have been about his family’s Indigenous heritage and said he asked the Liberal Party to correct the record when it called him Indigenous.

“I apologize unequivocally and I’ll end it there,” he said, speaking to reporters in Edmonton on Friday.

Boissonnault is facing questions over claims he’s made related to his family’s background. 

Boissonnault has never said he is Indigenous. But he has referred to his great-grandmother repeatedly in public statements as a Cree woman, said he was given a Cree name in 2021, spoke Cree at least twice in Parliamentary proceedings and self-identified as an “non-status adopted Cree.”

WATCH: Boissonnault apologizes for confusion over past statements on family’s Indigenous links Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault apologized Friday for ‘not being as clear’ as he says he could have been about his family history. Boissonnault said he …