Municipal group wants senator to resign over comments on Indian Act, residential schools – Sudbury.com
The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association president hopes the embattled senator will step aside.
THUNDER BAY – The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association has joined a growing chorus of municipalities, Indigenous leaders, and mayors calling for Senator Lynn Beyak’s resignation.
The NOMA board voted in favour of calling for Beyak’s resignation after comments made by the senator from Northwestern Ontario in an open letter issued earlier this month speaking out about the federal government’s decision to create a second ministry responsible for Indigenous issues.
In the letter, Beyak said the problems facing Indigenous people do not relate to the residential school system, but rather are related to the “Indian Act Industry in Ottawa.”
