A warrior flag flies as members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation gather on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., to bless the fleet before it launches its own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Photo by Andrew Vaughan /The Canadian Press
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A United Nations committee on racial discrimination is asking the federal government to respond to allegations it committed racist actions in its treatment of Mi’kmaq lobster fishers in Nova Scotia.
The April 30 letter of notice from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) asks Leslie Norton, Canada’s permanent representative to the UN, to respond to allegations by Sipekne’katik First Nation by July 14.