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OTTAWA-John Duncan's first act as Canada's new Indian affairs minister
is being welcomed by aboriginals, but some are still worried about the
"old" Duncan.
Duncan issued a government apology this week to Inuit families who were
uprooted from their homeland in northern Quebec and moved to desolate
spots in the High Arctic during the 1950s.
His soothing words and conciliatory attitude were in stark contrast to
past statements adamantly opposing anything that smacked of special
treatment for natives.
His past denunciations of "race-based" laws and government policies seem
to make Duncan an odd fit for his new post, in which he's responsible
for upholding the unique constitutional, treaty and land title rights of
aboriginals.
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