Premier Stefanson needs to resign for interfering in landfill search

Elected leaders have dithered on the costs of searching a Winnipeg landfill for the bodies of two Indigenous women. This is what racism looks like. Indigenous people are not worth the cost or the risk. This is exactly what Heather Stefanson said, and she needs to resign.

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson. The province has ruled out funding a search for the bodies of two Indigenous women believed to be in a Winnipeg landfill, but won't stop the federal government backing the search. The province's decision is racist, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

July 24, 2023

OTTAWA—The remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, likely along with a third unnamed victim, known as Buffalo Woman, are believed to be buried in the Prairie Green Landfill in Winnipeg. The police suspected this location more than a year ago, but didn’t release...

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