Scheer doesn’t retract Indigenous ‘hostage’ comments, stays firm on position following debate elxn43 elxn19
Last Updated Friday, September 13, 2019 12:40PM EDTOTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer didn’t walk back comments he made Thursday evening at the first leaders’ debate of this federal election campaign, when he said Indigenous groups shouldn’t be permitted to hold natural resources projects “hostage."
His statements on Indigenous communities, now stirring up controversy among partisans, were made on stage at the leaders’ debate hosted by Maclean’s and Citytv and came after Green Party Leader Elizabeth May asked Scheer why Conservative senators voted down a bill this spring that would ensure Canadian law abide by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples .
While the Liberals didn’t adopt it as a government bill, they supported it through the House of Commons committee, and when it landed in the Senate. It faced major pushback, however, from Conservative representatives.“The language you are using is so inappropriate when talking about Indigenous Canadians,” said May.
“Consulting is not, ‘I will consult with you till you agree with what we’ve already decided to do.’ That’s not consultation and it’s not — it’s what Trudeau thinks is consultation, it’s obviously what you think is consultation, but it has to be free, prior, informed consent.”
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