People march to city hall in Quesnel, B.C., while singing and drumming,
Council voted unanimously to censure Quesnel Mayor Ron Paull and relieve him of duties at an emotional meeting.First Nations gathered before going to a Quesnel, B.C., council meeting where Mayor Ron Paull was asked to resign, following revelations his wife has been handing out a book that questions whether residential schools were harmful to Indigenous communities. The mayor of Quesnel, B.C.
The story thrust the community of roughly 23,000 people, located about 400 kilometres north of Vancouver, into the national spotlight as a flash point in the ongoing conversation about residential schools and Canada's efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous communities."I have four loves," he said at this week's meeting. "My wife Pat, my family and friends, my wonderful community of Quesnel, and my faith ...
Other councillors expressed concern they would not be able to successfully apply for grants or enter partnerships with other levels of government or contractors without taking strong action. Quesnel has taken major steps in working with the Lhtako Dene, starting with a 2015 agreement which formally acknowledged the nation as partners upon whose land the city was built.Tuesday's decision came after several weeks of controversy which started at a council meeting held March 19, with a letter of concern from the Lhtako Dene First Nation.
The book is particularly critical of media reports on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation who, in 2021, announced preliminary findings of ground-penetrating radar work at the former Kamloops Residential School. That commission heard testimony from more than 6,000 attendees of residential schools across the country, documenting stories of physical, sexual and psychological abuse, harsh punishments and malnourishment.amount to "a slap in our people's collective faces" by denying or minimizing the harms of residential schools that many of its members personally experienced and which are still felt within the community.
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