“It’s getting out of hand,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which represents 74 First Nations in the province of Saskatchewan. While prosecution of hate speech is not common in Canada, those found guilty face up to two years in prison. Police charged the farm’s owner, 55, with second-degree murder, sparking a torrent of racist comments on social media. For First Nations youth, statistics are even more bleak: suicide rates for young First Nations males are 10 times higher than for non-indigenous male youths. For young First Nations women, the suicide rate climbs to a staggering 21 times that of their non-indigenous counterparts.

Source: The Guardian July 27, 2017 09:56 UTC