A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw First Nation has banned the province’s premier and two of his ministers from their lands as “undesirables” in the wake of a recent directive from the province for police to crack down on illegal cannabis sales.

“Sipekne’katik First Nation has signed a Band Council Resolution declaring that Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, Justice Minister and Attorney General Scott Armstrong, and Minister of L’nu (Indigenous) Affairs, Leah Martin, are banned as undesirables from ALL Sipekne’katik band lands,” said a press release from the band.

It goes on to say “The Nova Scotia Provincial Government has no jurisdiction on reserve lands.”

During his time in office, Premier Tim Houston hasn’t “come to my community to develop relationships with the Sipekne’katik elected leadership,”

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