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Halifax activists get face-to-face apology from Trudeau | Reality Bites
Clayton, a Saint Mary’s University student in Halifax, spoke up on social media after seeing a security guard approach
a group of Black youth at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa who were
there for meetings after a weekend at the National Black Canadians
Summit in the capital. The guard started with “I’m not trying to be
racist, but…” and then referred to a group near Clayton and Macdonald as
“dark-skinned” in response to a complaint that had been sent to
security.
a group of Black youth at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa who were
there for meetings after a weekend at the National Black Canadians
Summit in the capital. The guard started with “I’m not trying to be
racist, but…” and then referred to a group near Clayton and Macdonald as
“dark-skinned” in response to a complaint that had been sent to
security.
After the incident, Clayton told The Coast a letter wouldn’t be
enough: “I can throw that out.” He was asking for a face-to-face meeting
with Trudeau, and it happened.
The 2019 Provincial Election: What it will be about and what it should be about
Kenney is pushing a “me first” agenda: fix the economy translates into give me a job that pays as well as the job I had in the boom and I’ll worry about everyone else later.
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Decision to give Notley a Blackfoot name, headdress at Lethbridge event criticized | Globalnews.ca
Premier Rachel Notley was given the Blackfoot name Aksitooskitsiphpaki, which means “Braveheart Woman.”
“It is such a tremendous honour for me to have been invited here by the leadership of the Blackfoot Confederacy, to have been honoured by the elders and to have been honoured with this incredible name,” Notley said Saturday.
Jason Goodstriker, the chief electoral officer of the Assembly of First Nations of Alberta, said it’s not about politics.
“It was just something that we like to do to prepare our leaders of the political party. Regardless of partisan business, we just like to have our leaders prepared as they go forward to represent us and Albertans,” he said.
The decision to give Notley a Blackfoot name and headdress is drawing criticism on social media.
“I don’t agree, I feel like it’s a slap in the face to First Nations people giving headdress to politicians that don’t care of our people,” Facebook user Lilian Crowshoe posted. “To them we are not human — white privilege at its best.”
“Who was consulted about this decision?” Dee Brown posted. “I’m pretty sure the general consensus of the population strongly disagrees about honouring a politician who has forsaken so many of our people.”
Notley responded to criticism by saying: “I understand that, within the community, there’s debate on this practice. I think that’s a debate that should happen within the community. When we were invited by the leadership and by the elders, we wanted to honour that invitation and so we did.
“I hope the conversation carries on, and all I want to do is make sure we honour the gift that we’ve been given.”
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Notley responded to criticism by saying: “I understand that, within the
community, there’s debate on this practice. I think that’s a debate that
should happen within the community. When we were invited by the
leadership and by the elders, we wanted to honour that invitation and so
we did.
“I said, ‘Are you telling me because I’m disabled I can’t shop here?’ And he said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘I don’t have anyone to help me and I have my prescriptions here.’ He said, ‘Well, you’re just going to have to go somewhere else.’”