Morning Update: Deputy minister left role after Indigenous group privately called for resignation

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Good morning, A deputy minister’s recent departure from the federal public service occurred just weeks after a national Indigenous organization privately called for his resignation over an e-mail dismissing its description of colonialism. Timothy Sargent’s nearly three-decade career in the federal public service ended without a public explanation. Internal e-mails and letters obtained by The Globe and Mail through Access to Information reveal his departure followed a dispute over an e-mail he wrote in May, 2022. It all began when Sargent was invited to a launch of the National Indigenous Economic Strategy for Canada. The letter of invitation said “one...