First Nations representatives harshly called out the Manitoba government on Monday, labelling recent comments by Premier Brian Pallister and cabinet minister Alan Lagimodiere as propaganda and demanding the latter's resignation. In a news release, the STFSN said the premier's comments are "racist political propaganda distorting and romanticizing colonialism." "The Indian residential school system was all about denigrating First Nations cultures, First Nations languages, values and First Nations everything. Treaty 5 includes more than 100,000 people from 37 First Nations in Manitoba and three in Saskatchewan, according to the STFSN. There was no good intention at Indian residential schools to promote and it is catastrophically irresponsible to suggest otherwise.

Source: CBC News July 19, 2021 14:45 UTC