Leaders demand Conservative candidate removal amid residential schools controversy

Two stories reveal rising pressure within the Conservative Party over a candidate’s social media posts that appear to deny historical residential school abuses. Indigenous community groups and other leaders are calling for the candidate’s dismissal, igniting a fierce debate about accountability and Canada’s commitment to acknowledging its troubled past with Indigenous communities.

nationalobserver.com / Calls grow for Poilievre to pull Conservative candidate Gunn

First Nations are urging Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn for social media posts that “advance residential school denialism,” they said in a statement released Thursday.

globalnews.ca / Chief wants Tories to drop candidate accused of denying residential schools history

More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools, the last of which closed in 1996. An estimated 6,000 children died in the schools

nationalpost.com / Terry Newman: CBC unfairly attacks Carney’s father

Robert Carney was a day school principal, who cared about Indigenous education

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