Pretendians’ under fire as petition gains traction across Canada – MidlandToday.ca
September 3, 2025
New Canadian petition pushes Parliament to address the controversial issue of Indigenous identity fraud through clear definitions and enforceable penalties
A new national petition hopes to remedy a hot-button issue that doesn’t appear to be going away.
The petition was started by Jo-Anne Gould Green, a Nipissing Algonquin Anishinaabe-Ikwe who’s a member of Ontario’s Pikwàkanagàn First Nation, who wants Canadians to voice their opposition to what she views as a growing and concerning problem.
“With the numbers of pretendians ever-increasing across Canada and interfering with the sovereignty of true Indigenous people, one woman has decided to fight identity fraud all the way to the Canadian House of Commons,” Gould Green’s petition reads.
