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A Progressive Conservative candidate for a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature is facing calls she withdraw from the campaign after she compared protections for 2SLGTBQ+ students to the systematic taking of Indigenous children from their parents to place them in residential schools.
Sherry Wilson faces calls to withdraw after saying lack of parent oversight made residential schools possible
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 01, 2024 9:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago
In a Facebook post, PC candidate Sherry Wilson said the federal system of forcing tens of thousands of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children into the schools was ‘only allowed to happen because children enrolled in school were isolated from their parents’ oversight, input and influence.’ (Radio-Canada)
A Progressive Conservative candidate for a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature is facing calls she withdraw from the campaign after she compared protections for 2SLGTBQ+ students to the systematic taking of Indigenous children from their parents to place them in residential schools.
Sherry Wilson said the federal system of forcing tens of thousands of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children into the schools was “only allowed to happen because children enrolled in school were isolated from their parents’ oversight, input and influence.”
She implied there was a parallel between that and the province’s original Policy 713 — which allowed 2SLGBTQ+ students to adopt names and pronouns at school without their parents knowing.
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