Murray Harbour councillor faces resignation demands over controversial sign

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MURRAY HARBOUR, P.E.I. — A Murray Harbour councillor is dealing with calls to resign after an indication on his property labelled the invention of mass graves at former residential colleges a “hoax” and known as for the redemption of “Sir John A.’s integrity.”

Chief Junior Gould of Abegweit First Nation known as the signal unacceptable and has demanded the resignation of Coun. John Robertson from the village council.

“I do not assume it was a very good truthful illustration of the view of your entire neighborhood as a lot because it was a person opinion. However the issue with that’s that that opinion was expressed by somebody who sits on the council,” mentioned Gould.

“He had the duty of the council member representing the neighborhood, and we simply want readability, if he was talking on behalf of the council, the neighborhood and its entirety or his particular person opinion. That was the place I sort of received engaged.”

Gould mentioned he obtained pictures of the signal, which was put up on Sept. 29, from two neighborhood members. He went to see it for himself, but it surely was clean by the point he received there. He has put out a public letter on Fb condemning the signal.

“My due diligence as a frontrunner and as a public official is to deal with it publicly. And I did that. I posted on my Fb, my platform that I’ve entry to. And as a council, we put ahead an open letter suggesting that it was inappropriate, it was misinformation.”

Gould, who’s a direct descendant of a residential college survivor, mentioned he can be making an academic presentation on what it means to be an Indigenous particular person in Canada on the subsequent Murray Harbour council assembly.

Taken severely 

Terry White, mayor of Murray Harbour, mentioned he took the problem of the signal very severely and personally requested Robertson to take it down, however he initially refused.

“He mentioned it was inside his authorized rights. So, then the RCMP land(ed) down (right here) Saturday morning and I had requested them once more Saturday to take away it.”

The wording on the signal has since been eliminated, however White mentioned the signal itself should even be eliminated.

“It is going it doesn’t matter what. Whether or not I received to maneuver it myself – and I will take care of the authorized repercussions from it. It isn’t the best way the village feels, we’re 100 per cent towards it.”

White and different council members have been planning to satisfy with Robertson on Oct. 5 about resigning, he mentioned.

White added that the neighborhood bylaws can be tweaked to control the forms of indicators that go up in the neighborhood.

“It isn’t going to hurt enterprise or something. It is only for people. You realize, you may’t be placing up hate indicators and stuff like that, interval.”

SaltWire tried to succeed in Robertson by means of his cellular phone however didn’t obtain a response by deadline.