OTTAWA — For years, Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault spoke in Parliament and at public events of his great-grandmother as “a full-blooded Cree woman,” sometimes called “Lucy Brown Eyes.”

Now, facing scrutiny over <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;shifting statements&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/randy-boissonnault-indigenous-identity&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/randy-boissonnault-indigenous-identity" target="_blank">shifting statements</a> he made about his connections to Indigenous ancestry and, presented with records suggesting otherwise, Boissonnault’s office acknowledges that this was not true and his adoptive great-grandmother’s family in fact had Metis lineage, and she was not “full-blooded Cree.”

Records show the father of "Lucy Brown Eyes" identified as German, suggesting mixed ancestry, not "full-blooded Cree" as Boissonnault said{ai:summary}<p>Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has faced scrutiny over his claims regarding his Indigenous ancestry. He previously referred to his great-grandmother as “a full-blooded Cree woman,” but his office has now acknowledged that she was of Metis lineage and not fully Cree.</p><p>This revelation raises questions about the accuracy of his statements and the implications for his public persona. #politics</p>