“THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO USE THE WORD, BUT THE CHIEF JUSTICE USED THE TERM CULTURAL GENOCIDE”
I am a councillor for the Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree nation. I look after community development, emergency management, communications, and, as a former member of the Canadian Forces and as a gay man, I have taken on an advocacy role for the LGBTQ2 and veterans in the community. The First Nation fluctuates between 1,400 and 1,600 residents, while the nearby town of Duck Lake has 700 people.