QUESNEL, B.C. — Councillors in Quesnel, B.C., have voted unanimously to censure their mayor, saying his actions related to a book denying the harms of Canada's residential school system jeopardize the city's relationship with Indigenous communities.
QUESNEL, B.C. — Councillors in Quesnel, B.C., have voted unanimously to censure their mayor, saying his actions related to a book denying the harms of Canada's residential school system jeopardize the city's relationship with Indigenous communities.
A report to council says Paull"attempted to distribute" a copy of the book, titled"Grave Error: How the Media Misled Us ," at a Cariboo Regional District board meeting where he was representing the city. The book's editors introduce it as a response to what they described as"moral panic unleashed" after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced in May 2021 that it had identified what it believed to be the unmarked graves of more than 200 children at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
Paull said he would give those"launching this charge" against him"the benefit of the doubt," adding"thisis all based on a misunderstanding."
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