Jason Kenney called out on Twitter for poorly worded Aboriginal day message

Jason Kenney called out on Twitter for poorly worded Aboriginal day message

Stephanie Cram | CBC News | Posted: June 22, 2016 11:21 PM | Last Updated: June 23, 2016

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Caption: Conservative MP Jason Kenney gets called out for a poorly worded Tweet which insinuates that First Nation people 'settled' in Canada. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press)

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Conservative MP Jason Kenney has been in the news a lot this week, but it's a tweet he posted on National Aboriginal Day that is drawing the attention of the Indigenous community.

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It didn't take long for Kenney to be called out for the poorly worded tweet.

"Calling Indigenous [Peoples] settlers? … Canada is how old?" questioned Christi Belcourt.

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Kenney responded to a few Tweets, but failed to understand why people were frustrated by what he originally wrote.

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CBC reached out to Kenney for a response, but have yet to hear from him.

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