Premier says he didn't tell systemic racism commissioner to shelve report

Premier Blaine Higgs says he didn’t interfere in systemic racism commissioner Manju Varma’s work. But chiefs from nine Mi’kmaw communities say the commissioner told them the government wasn’t prepared to accept her call for an immediate, Indigenous-led public inquiry.

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