There is no racism in Canada’: Beyak leaves controversial letters online as minister calls for action – CBC

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Ontario senator describes letters calling Indigenous peoples lazy whiners as ‘edgy and opinionated’

March 29, 2019

Bennett said she will send a tweet on the matter every day the letters are still posted to the site — or until the Senate takes some sort of action against Beyak over her blatant disregard for the ethics officer’s demand that she remove the letters, apologize and complete cultural sensitivity training.

“It’s unfortunate. She doesn’t seem to understand how these letters have affected residential school survivors, but really all Canadians. To many First Nations … they see them as inciting hatred and they want them down,” Bennett said in an interview with CBC News.

“This sort of intransigence is unbelievable for a parliamentarian. We’re supposed to lead by example. If the ethics commissioner says you’re at fault, your job is to remedy it. And yet she’s refused.

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