Premier says mistake fixed after First Nations removed from Alberta Day statement
Within an hour of sending an Alberta Day statement on Tuesday, the government sent an updated version removing the sentence including Indigenous Peoples from its English version.
The Alberta government sent out an updated statement on Alberta Day, removing a reference to Indigenous Peoples that was present in the original. According to Global News, this change occurred within an hour of the initial statement being sent.
The original statement and updated versions were issued by Premier Danielle Smith's office, as reported by CBC Canada.
Premier Danielle Smith attributed the removal of the reference to a "glitch", and stated that she had stepped in to fix the issue, as reported by the Winnipeg Free Press.
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