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Originally Posted by SpongeG

'WHITE BASTARDS': Tribunal orders B.C. First Nation Band to pay $30Gs for chief's 'outrageous' comment
AIDAN WALLACE Updated: January 11, 2020

A First Nation band in British Columbia has been ordered by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to pay $30,000 including compensation for pain and suffering to a former band council member after the band’s longtime chief called her a “white bastard” in an email, as reported first by Blacklock’s Reporter.

“I resign. F—ing white bastards run it,” Raymond Morris, chief of the Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band of Burns Lake, B.C., wrote in a 2014 email to a colleague.

The email addressed female band council member Hayley Nielsen, who has status under the Indian Act but also has a Caucasian father.

Nielson was hurt by the comments and resigned from her council position, filing a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal.


“Morris’ vulgar comments, specifically the terms ‘white bastard,’ are outrageous,” the tribunal wrote. “These comments are directly based on Ms. Nielsen’s mixed origins. She felt because of her origins she was treated differently, which is also an infringement of the Act.”

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https://vancouversun.com/news/nation...5-7c8541f9b2b3

Disappointing in any democratic institution (including a band council). You expect different views to be represented across elected officials and you expect them to be able to work in a civil way.