Premier Blaine Higgs is skeptical that an inquiry would bring real change, and instead said there may already be recommendations from those previous that can be implemented
A young girl drums during a healing ceremony in town square to honour Chantel Moore in Edmundston, N.B., on June 13, 2020. The Premier said there may already be recommendations from previous inquiries that can be implemented right now.New Brunswick’s Premier says he can’t support the call for a public inquiry to investigate the recent police shootings of two Indigenous residents, because he’s skeptical that the process would bring real change in his province.
The Higgs government has been under pressure to respond after two Indigenous people died in police shootings, eight days apart, in the province. Protests and calls for inquiries have been heard across the country. Both shootings are being investigated by Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes , a specialized unit that probes cases of serious injury or death by the police. The New Brunswick RCMP says it can’t confirm whether the force will release the report into either investigation when they’re complete.
Mr. Higgs’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Jake Stewart, said there’s not a wide gulf between what the Indigenous leaders want and what the province is prepared to do.“We agreed there’s systemic bias and racism in our provincial system,” Mr. Stewart said. “We agreed that Indigenous people don’t feel trust in the public safety and justice systems. We also agreed that we need action, and we need to implement items that will actually work.
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