Indigenous spending soared under the Liberals, but First Nations have little to show for it – Kindersley Clarion
April 20, 2026
Winnipeg-Centre MP Leah Gazan went viral recently for rattling off the acronym “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” while lamenting that Prime Minister Carnet’s budget provided “zero dollars to deal with the ongoing genocide.”
Those 16 characters stand for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual, Plus.
No one doubts Ms. Gazan’s sincerity. She has long championed Indigenous causes and she believes the federal government has failed her constituents. The evidence supports her, though perhaps not in the way she intends.
