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Paul Bunner was the head speechwriter in Harper's PMO between 2006 and 2009.

Bunner's views on the Indian residential school apology and the possible motivation behind it recently surfaced on a blog by Coast Salish Native American writer Robert Jago who outed a series of Conservative candidates, current and former MP staffers, along with Bunner for their comments and views on First Nation people.

Jago, who currently lives in Montreal, is from the Nooksack Tribe in Washington State. His family is registered with the Kwantlen First Nation, in British Columbia.

The blog highlights an article by Bunner written for C2C Journal in 2013 titled "The Genocide That Failed," where the former PMO speechwriter discussed the 2008 apology: