The mayor of South Bruce Peninsula has resigned after he was caught on tape making racist comments about a nearby First Nation community, the Ontario town announced in a statement Tuesday.
Garry Michi was recorded in an audio clip posted Friday by an anonymous individual questioning the federal government's decision to fund a water treatment plant on the Chippewas of the Nawash Unceded First Nation, also known as Cape Croker.
"The people from local First Nations communities are our neighbours and they are our friends. The town wants to reiterate that it does not support or agree with any of Mr. Michi's comments posted in an audio clip on Aug. 25, 2023." "I had to play [the clip] a couple of times because it was an unreal kind of moment that a mayor in 2023 during the year of reconciliation would come out with such comments with racial overtones," Nadjiwon said.
The First Nation has been under a boil-water advisory since 2018, and after years of negotiating with the federal government, alongside other First Nations communities, Nadjiwon said he secured the funding in 2020.
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