Bowman, First Nation and Métis leaders call for Dogar’s resignation over comments about Indigenous people – Daily Herald Tribune
Mayor Sandy Bowman and Indigenous leaders in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo region are demanding Councillor Shafiq Dogar resign and are accusing him of saying Indigenous people come to Fort McMurray to get drunk, fight or cause legal problems.
Dogar, a Ward 1 councillor who was elected this past fall, made his comments during a presentation from the municipality’s Indigenous and Rural Relations (IRR) department during the third day of the municipality’s budget consultations.
Councillor Kendrick Cardinal, who is also president of Fort Chipewyan Métis Association, proposed asking administration to investigate how the municipality can support the calls National Inquiry for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s calls to action. Since 2004, there have been nine MMIWG2S+ reported in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo area.
