VICTORIA – The Green Party of Canada joins First Nations in demanding the Conservative Party drop Aaron Gunn from the ballot for his many unacceptable posts and, more specifically, his denial of the history of residential schools.
“Intolerance has no place in our democracy,” said co-Leader Green Party Elizabeth May. “I stand with our First Nations in demanding that the Conservative Party drop Aaron Gunn from the ballot. In posts he praises Elon Musk, the rightwing Liberal Party of B.C. rejected him. How can the federal Conservatives standby this Trump-like candidate?”
“For decades Canada has denied the coordinated racism Indigenous Peoples faced in residential schools,” added May. “With the Truth and Reconciliation Commission we finally got to the bottom of this dark chapter in our history. Aaron Gunn’s denial is just appalling.”
In Jessica Wegg the people of North Island—Powell River have a candidate they can count on. Elizabeth May joins Jessica in her riding this afternoon.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, led by the late Murray Sinclair, concluded residential schools were intended for cultural genocide, “a systematic, government-sponsored attempt to destroy Aboriginal cultures and languages and to assimilate Aboriginal peoples so that they no longer existed as distinct peoples.”
“Not only has Aaron Gunn been spreading misinformation and intolerance, he is out of step with his own party,” said co-Leader Green Party Jonathan Pedneault. “Conservative MPs voted in favour of a unanimously passed motion recognizing residential schools as genocide in 2022. If the Conservative Party had any integrity, they would drop him as a candidate.”
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