Chief says pressure on Higgs for inquiry into justice system won’t let up – CBC
Open letter signed by 200 professionals and others details how New Brunswick lags behind Nova Scotia
Jul 21, 2020
George Ginnish, chief of Natoaganeg First Nation near Miramichi, says the push for an inquiry into systemic racism in the justice system and policing in New Brunswick will continue until Premier Blaine Higgs agrees to one.
Calls for an independent provincial inquiry have increased since police officers shot and killed Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi in separate incidents earlier this summer and the person charged after the hit-and run death of Brady Francis was found not guilty in April.
Ginnish was one of 200 lawyers and prominent people who signed an open letter this week, urging the Higgs government to call an inquiry
“We will do it daily if we have to,” Ginnish said in an interview with Information Morning Fredericton the day after the letter was made public.
Ginnish’s signature was joined by many influential voices on Indigenous and legal issues, which was something he said was important.
