PC candidate compares original 2SLGBTQ+ policy to Indigenous residential schools – CBC
Oct 01, 2024
Sherry Wilson faces calls to withdraw after saying lack of parent oversight made residential schools possible
A Progressive Conservative candidate for a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature is facing calls she withdraw from the campaign after she compared protections for 2SLGTBQ+ students to the systematic taking of Indigenous children from their parents to place them in residential schools.
Sherry Wilson said the federal system of forcing tens of thousands of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children into the schools was “only allowed to happen because children enrolled in school were isolated from their parents’ oversight, input and influence.”
