If senior ministers of the Crown in New Brunswick responsible for Indigenous relations cannot accept or acknowledge Indigenous sovereignty, then surely nation-to-nation must be dead.
Posted: Dec 11, 2020 3:51 PM AT | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Arlene Dunn introduced an amendment that removed any reference to a public inquiry into systemic racism in New Brunswick from a motion that was passed Thursday.(Submitted by Government of New Brunswick)
Mi gmaq and Wolastoqiyik chiefs in New Brunswick are calling for the resignation of Aboriginal Affairs Minister Arlene Dunn after she amended a house motion and removed the call for a public inquiry into systemic racism.
The house debated a Liberal motion endorsing a call for an inquiry into systemic racism in the justice system Thursday. Mi gmaq, Wolastoqey and other Indigenous communities have been calling for such an inquiry since the deaths of Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi at the hands of police this summer.