tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post7078590236522386370..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Young conservative slams "freeloading Indians"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-36531404525221768642012-12-22T08:35:59.466-08:002012-12-22T08:35:59.466-08:00For more on the subject, see:
http://www.winnipeg...For more on the subject, see:<br /><br />http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/pallister-blasts-racist-remarks-by-tory-insider-184386651.html<br /><br /><b>Pallister blasts racist remarks by Tory insider</b><br /><br />WRONG, unacceptable and abhorrent.<br /><br />Those were the words Opposition Leader Brian Pallister used Thursday to describe racist comments made last week by the former president of his political party's youth wing.<br /><br />"I've spent a long time in my life advocating and fighting for aboriginal rights and for aboriginal people," Pallister said. "So has the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.<br /><br />"To believe that we're going to get anywhere as a province if we don't stand shoulder to shoulder with one another is a mistake."<br /><br />Pallister's comments came as several members of the aboriginal community considered asking Winnipeg police to investigate Braydon Mazurkiewich for allegedly committing a hate crime, a spokeswoman for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.com