Carney’s pick for advisor, Scott Gilmore, not sitting well with First Nations advocates

Carney’s pick for advisor, Scott Gilmore, not sitting well with First Nations advocates

First Nations commentators are weighing in on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newest senior advisor Scott Gilmore. Earlier this month, a number of media sources reported Gilmore would soon be moved into the vacant position of Carneys’ principal advisor. Gilmore is a known conservative party member, but he’s also known in Indigenous circles for inflammatory comments he made in a January 2016 Macleans article. It was written shortly after a tragic sh…