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A person wearing an orange shirt honouring residential school survivors bows their head as they listen to a speaker at the ProtectEdMB rally at the Manitoba legislature, Saturday morning. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press)
When Chantal Shivanna Ramraj heard the comments that sparked more than a week of outcry across Manitoba, first from premier Brian Pallister and then from incoming Indigenous relations minister Alan Lagimodiere, the first reaction the teacher felt was disgust, and also frustration, but not shock.
When Chantal Shivanna Ramraj heard the comments that sparked more than a week of outcry across Manitoba, first from premier Brian Pallister and then from incoming Indigenous relations minister Alan Lagimodiere, the first reaction the teacher felt was disgust, and also frustration, but not shock.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Ben Waldman | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 16, 2021 Save to Read Later
William Hudson stood on the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building last June, thinking about what he would say and who would be there to hear him say it.
William Hudson stood on the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building last June, thinking about what he would say and who would be there to hear him say it.
He’d driven there in his pickup truck, along with his wife and box after box of supplies, arriving early to set up for a rally he never wanted to have, that every father prays will never be necessary. A few dozen people were sitting out on the grass, some holding signs with his daughter’s name Eishia spelled out in paint and in permanent marker.