People are guessing why Wab Kinew’s hand-picked senior advisor on tackling homelessness quit after only nine months in the role. That’s because the public statements, with carefully chosen platitudes and language, were designed to distract the public from why Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud decided to seek greener pastures — and how she got there.

I found out on Wednesday morning — the day before the news broke — that word was already going around the Legislature that she was on her way out. And, the stories go, it was linked to friction with Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine.

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Loud words had apparently been exchanged recently, and speculation ranges from someone accusing someone else of leaking information to the media to undermine them, to Blaikie Whitecloud supporting the

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