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Grand Chief Garrison Settee of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which represents 26 northern First Nations, stood alongside others on the steps of the legislature Monday as fallout continued from Premier Brian Pallister’s remarks about Canadian history.
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“Today, we are not here to topple any statues. We are here to topple a government that is racist, a government that has no place in this legislature,” Settee said.
Grand Chief Arlen Dumas of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said he is tired of dealing with Pallister.
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WINNIPEG - Two Indigenous men have quit their positions on Manitoba economic development boards in the wake of controversial remarks by Premier Brian Pallister and a cabinet minister.
WINNIPEG - Two Indigenous men have quit their positions on Manitoba economic development boards in the wake of controversial remarks by Premier Brian Pallister and a cabinet minister.
The resignations of Jamie Wilson and Darrell Brown form the latest chapter in the growing fallout from Pallister s comments on Canadian history, which have drawn widespread criticism.
Steve Lambert
Premier of Manitoba Brian Pallister speaks at a news conference after the 2021 budget was delivered at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski July 18, 2021 - 3:36 PM
WINNIPEG - Two Indigenous men have quit their positions on Manitoba economic development boards in the wake of controversial remarks by Premier Brian Pallister and a cabinet minister.
The resignations of Jamie Wilson and Darrell Brown form the latest chapter in the growing fallout from Pallister s comments on Canadian history, which have drawn widespread criticism. As a former treaty commissioner for Manitoba and member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, I cannot support this government s rewriting of Canadian history, Wilson wrote in a text message Sunday.
Manitoba government is rewriting history, former senior bureaucrat says
by Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
Posted Jul 18, 2021 6:36 pm EDT
Last Updated Jul 18, 2021 at 6:41 pm EDT
WINNIPEG Two Indigenous men have quit their positions on Manitoba economic development boards in the wake of controversial remarks by Premier Brian Pallister and a cabinet minister.
The resignations of Jamie Wilson and Darrell Brown form the latest chapter in the growing fallout from Pallister’s comments on Canadian history, which have drawn widespread criticism.
“”As a former treaty commissioner for Manitoba and member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, I cannot support this government’s rewriting of Canadian history,” Wilson wrote in a text message Sunday.