Retired judge was chosen in April to lead consultations with Robinson Huron Treaty communities about proposed annuities settlement; scathing resignation letter cites 'appalling behaviour' of others 'utterly inconsistent with Anishinaabe protocol and tradition'
Retired justice Harry LaForme is stepping down from his role as lead of the Office of the Mizhinawe for the Robinson Huron Litigation Fund.
One of the reasons cited by LaForme was an “over the top reaction” to an interim report that he had submitted to the Robinson Huron Litigation Fund Aug. 25. Attendees and community members also provided him with accounts of that meeting which describe “chiefs being shouted down by other chiefs, a chief being publicly castigated by a member of the legal team,” and “a lawyer for a First Nation being thrown out of the room.”
“All of this appalling behaviour is utterly inconsistent with Anishinaabe protocol and tradition, which you consistently say you aspire to emulate,” he said. But Laforme contends that was never made clear to himself or others; instead, he saw an Aug. 14 letter in which chiefs and Robinson Huron Treaty trustees were advised that Canada would not be in a position to sign the agreement, but they were hoping to sign “something” like a document to “reaffirm the commitment” of all parties in signing the settlement agreement.
“I would not participate in anything that I perceived to be less than forthcoming to First Nations and had the hallmarks of a facade,” he said.
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