Invoice Wilson, father of former cupboard minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, dies – Nationwide

Invoice Wilson, a hereditary chief and the daddy of former cupboard minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, has died.

Wilson-Raybould introduced his dying on social media, saying her father’s life was “one of leadership and striving to make change.”

Wilson helped get Indigenous title to land and treaty rights enshrined within the Structure.

2:39Invoice Wilson displays on constitutional reform for Indigenous peoples 40 years later

He as soon as informed Pierre Elliott Trudeau that his daughters, Jody and Kory, would turn out to be prime ministers in the future.

Wilson-Raybould served in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cupboard as justice minister and lawyer basic and briefly as minister of veterans affairs.

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She resigned from cupboard and was ousted from the Liberal caucus in 2019 following the SNC-Lavalin affair, wherein she was allegedly pressured by the prime minister or his aides to assist the corporate keep away from a legal prosecution.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 25, 2025.

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