First Nations chiefs and N.B. premier meet to discuss systemic racism – CBC
Met Wednesday to talk about an overhaul of the justice and policing systems.
Jun 17, 2020
Representatives of the New Brunswick provincial government met with First Nations chiefs Wednesday morning to discuss the issue of systemic racism in the province’s justice system and the need for broad structural change.
The meeting comes on the heels of the deaths of Rodney Levi and Chantel Moore at the hands of police officers, as well as the Crown’s decision to not appeal the not guilty verdict in the hit and run death of Brady Francis.
First Nations leaders in New Brunswick are calling for an independent inquiry into systemic racism in New Brunswick’s justice system.
Following the video-conference with the premier and his cabinet ministers, the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick released a statement on behalf of the six Wolastoqey chiefs to express their disappointment in the discussions.
