Politician Says Trudeau 'Doesn't Give a F***' About Indigenous Rights

A Canadian politician used an expletive during a session of Parliament on Tuesday when discussing the Trans Mountain pipeline, which was stopped by Canada's Federal Court of Appeal in late August.

The Trans Mountain pipeline, owned by Texas-based Kinder Morgan, connects oil sands in the landlocked province of Alberta to an oil tanker port on Canada's west coast near British Columbia. Trudeau's government approved the purchase of the existing pipeline and an expansion project in late May, according to Reuter's.

"When the prime minister says that this pipeline expansion will be done no matter what, and his minister adds that Canada will not be able to accommodate all Indigenous concerns, what that means is that they have decided to willfully violate their constitutional duties and obligations. Mr. Speaker, sounds like a most important relationship, doesn't it? Why doesn't the prime minister just say the truth and tell Indigenous peoples that he doesn't give a f*** about their rights?" Romeo Saganash, a member of the New Democratic Party, said, accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of not caring about Indigenous people's rights, according to the CBC.

"Mr. Speaker, what is happening is so insulting, it makes me so angry, but I do withdraw the word," Saganash said after the speaker of the House scolded the First Nation politician, reported The Guardian.

The prime minister announced his intention to move forward with the controversial project, NPR noted, following a decision by the Federal Court of Appeal saying that the government failed to "fulfill the duty to consult owed to Indigenous people."

This is not the first time that a politician has used "unparliamentary" language. Trudeau himself has apologized for it twice before.

"Mr. Speaker, it was brought to my attention that in an outburst of enthusiasm, I may have used a word that was unparliamentary. I withdraw that word and apologize to anyone who was offended," Trudeau said, after using the word damn when addressing government spending on the military, according to The Globe and Mail.

According to the CBC, Trudeau first apologized for an outburst in 2011 after swearing at Peter Kent, the environment minister at the time.

Kent was met with jeers after telling another member of Parliament that she should have been in Durban, South Africa, for a United Nations climate change conference, during which Trudeau was heard yelling, "You piece of s***."

"I lost my temper and used language that was most decidedly unparliamentary and for that, I unreservedly apologize and withdraw my remark," Trudeau said, following the incident, reported the CBC.