NAN lambastes Thunder Bay city councillors after vote on Beyak resignation – Sudbury.com
Grand Chief Fiddler says councillors acted cowardly
THUNDER BAY — Thunder Bay City Council’s failure to support a call for the resignation of Senator Lynn Beyak from the Senate has met with condemnation from Indigenous leaders in the city.
The motion, put forward by Councillor Shelby Ch’ng, was lost in a 6-6 tie, although Ch’ng was absent from Monday night’s council meeting.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Fort William First Nation Chief Peter Collins issued a joint statement on Tuesday that emphatically criticized the councillors who voted against the motion.
Fiddler called the decision “unconscionable” and “deeply insulting.”
