Chief Tim Paul of the Wotstak First Nation issued a statement today to remind Premier Blaine Higgs that all the chiefs who met with the premier via teleconference made it clear they want nothing less than an independent public inquiry
People participate in a healing walk from the Madawaska Malaseet reserve to Edmundston's town square to honour Chantel Moore, on June 13, 2020.An Indigenous leader in New Brunswick is renewing his call for an independent, Indigenous-led public inquiry to investigate two recent police shootings in the province.
Separate statements were issued after the meeting by the six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation and the nine representatives of the Mi’gmaq Chiefs of New Brunswick.Both specifically called for an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the fatal shootings this month of Indigenous residents Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi.
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