B.C. mayor apologizes for residential school post while facing anger at council meeting
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Cobb also noted that he only shared the article in question and did not say he endorsed its ideas, before adding, “I thought we had an agreement that when issues like that arose, or concerns, that we would not use the media as an avenue for discussion.”His statement was not well received by Williams Lake councillors or Indigenous leaders attending council.
“I’ve worked very hard as a councillor to move down a path of reconciliation and it saddens me that this is where we’re at. If things don’t change, I’m not sure that I can continue to be a part of this council.”But the longest and most heartfelt response to the mayor came from former Esk’etemc First Nation Chief Charlene Belleau, who is also an official liaison between the B.C. government and First Nations on residential school sites.
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