OTTAWA — The appointment of singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada has been terminated by the Governor General. The move was announced in the Canada Gazette, the federal government newspaper.
OTTAWA — The appointment of singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada has been terminated by the Governor General.It says the appointment was terminated by an ordinance signed by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Jan. 3.
Family members in the U.S. told CBC that Sainte-Marie was not adopted and doesn't have Indigenous ancestry. Her official website once said she was"believed to have been born in 1941 on the Piapot First Nation reserve in Saskatchewan and taken from her biological parents when she was an infant."
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