PhoenixSerenity<p>Sipi Flamand, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Chief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chief</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Manawan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manawan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Atikamekw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atikamekw</span></a> Council in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lanaudi%C3%A8re" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lanaudière</span></a> made the comments Thursday in the presence of other <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> groups at the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quebec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislature</span></a> . They have tabled a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/demanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/recognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recognition</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Systemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Systemic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IndigenousWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousWomen</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/girls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>girls</span></a> .</p><p>Earlier, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Minister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minister</span></a> Responsible for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Inuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inuit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Relations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relations</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IanLafreni%C3%A8re" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IanLafrenière</span></a> , said he understood the notion of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> but disagreed with it. </p><p><a href="https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/quebec-is-only-putting-a-band-aid-on-substantive-problems-says-indigenous-leader-1.19378342" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iheartradio.ca/cjad/quebec-is-</span><span class="invisible">only-putting-a-band-aid-on-substantive-problems-says-indigenous-leader-1.19378342</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a></p>