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Grassy Narrows repeats call for Carney to apologize for comments made about protest
Chief Sherry Ackabee says Carney’s remark offended a mercury-poisoned protester as Grassy Narrows renews demands to close the mill and compensate families.
- Grassy Narrows First Nation Chief Sherry Ackabee repeated calls on Thursday for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize to community member Chrissy Isaacs, stating his remark about being able to "outlast" her during a March protest was offensive.
- During a Mar. 30 news conference in Toronto, Carney told protesters he could "outlast" Isaacs after she and others interrupted the event to demand compensation for ongoing mercury contamination.
- The Dryden Paper Mill released nine tonnes of mercury into the English-Wabigoon River System during the 1960s and 1970s, causing widespread poisoning that one study estimates affects 90 per cent of the Grassy Narrows population.
- On Thursday, Isaacs stood on Parliament Hill with Ackabee and NDP Leader Avi Lewis, demanding the closure of the paper mill and compensation for a community continuing to deal with the fallout today.
- NDP Leader Avi Lewis criticized the government's recently tabled Bill C-37 on Thursday, arguing it removes language clarifying that clean and safe drinking water is a human right, unlike the previous Trudeau-era Bill C-61.
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Grassy Narrows repeats call for Carney to apologize for comments made about protest
OTTAWA - The chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation is repeating calls for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize to one of her members for a remark she says was
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NDP Leader Avi Lewis, Indigenous Affairs Critic Leah Gazan Join Grassy Narrows Calling for PM’s Apology and Clean Water Rights
OTTAWA – Today, NDP leader Avi Lewis and Indigenous Affairs critic Leah Gazan joined members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation on the Hill, to demand an apology from Prime Minister Carney and call for immediate action to address their community’s mercury poisoning emergency.
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