Liberal minister urges Conservatives to kick Sen. Lynn Beyak out of caucus
OTTAWA — If the Conservatives are committed to First Nations reconciliation, they need to show the door to a senator who’s urging Indigenous Peoples to “trade your status card” and practice their culture on their own dime, says a prominent Liberal cabinet minister.
Carolyn Bennett, the government’s Crown-Indigenous relations minister, made the comments about Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak during the daily question period Tuesday in response to a question from a Liberal back bench.
“The senator’s ongoing, offensive comments regarding Indigenous people are ill-informed, hurtful, and simply wrong,” Bennett said.
“These disturbing views expressed by a sitting parliamentarian undermine progress toward reconciliation.”