Mr. Grey is a successful Indigenous lawyer with an exemplary record of service," Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer said in a statement Friday. Schweitzer said he was only recently alerted to posts Grey made after his appointment on April 29. Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer defended his appointments to the Provincial Court Nominating Committee in the Legislature this week. CBC took screenshots of dozens of Grey's posts before he took down his LinkedIn account last week. Isaac Saney, an African Canadian historian at Dalhousie University who has reviewed Grey's posts, calls them "racist" and "backward."

Source: CBC News June 19, 2020 20:26 UTC