Premier Blaine Higgs has said he believes a national inquiry is needed
Indigenous leaders in New Brunswick say they are losing faith in Premier Blaine Higgs and his provincial government after a second meeting failed to produce an agreement for an inquiry into systemic racism and two recent police shootings.
The last time the two sides met was in June. The chiefs left that meeting disappointed after Premier Higgs turned down their request for an inquiry and instead suggested a task force to review recommendations made from previous inquiries. “I said this is bigger than New Brunswick,” Higgs said. “This is a national issue. Every province is dealing with these issues, and why don’t we make it that?”The premier said problems involving policing by the RCMP require a national perspective. “I just believe that we have to make it a bigger national issue because so much of it is related to the federal government.”
The chiefs’ calls follow the fatal shootings of Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi – two Indigenous people killed by police in June. Levi, 48, was attending a barbecue on June 12 near the Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation when someone allegedly called police to complain about an “unwanted person.”
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