Rudy Turtle said he’s again calling on Trudeau to visit his community, located about 100 kilometres northeast of Kenora in northwestern Ontario, to see first-hand the effects that decades of exposure to mercury are having on the people. Elevated levels of the toxic element have remained in the English-Wabigoon River system since Reed Paper, former owners of the mill in Dryden, dumped 9,000 kilograms of mercury into the water in the 1960s and early 1970s. #cdnpol #GrassyNarrows
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‘I lacked respect’: PM Trudeau apologizes for response to protester
Trudeau came under heavy fire from politicians and advocates alike
after his comments and the Liberal fundraiser Wednesday night.
after his comments and the Liberal fundraiser Wednesday night.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Trudeau’s comments were a “sad example”
of the “colonial disregard for Indigenous lives” that he says
contributed to the suffering in Grassy Narrows.
“Instead of showing respect for people fighting for clean water [and]
funding, Trudeau sides with his rich donors to get a laugh,” Singh
tweeted.