THUNDER BAY – The Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief expressed approval after seeing Tory Senator Lynn Beyak removed from the Conservative Party caucus.
"I’m pretty sure the conservative party realize it is the right thing to do," Grand chief, Alvin Fiddler said in an interview with CKPR. "I think she lost all credibility with the public and its obvious she doesn’t have the support of her party."
Party leader Andrew Scheer removed Beyak late Thursday night after she refused to remove letters from her website that were deemed racist.
The letters were from Canadians supporting her position on residential schools.
Scheer demanded the posts be removed, but Beyak refused and was dismissed.
"I’ve read some of her letters she posted on her website and they are outright racist." Fiddler said. "That is the message that goes out there, that racism will not be tolerated in any form in this country."
Fiddler added that he welcomes news, but he said he would like to see the Senate or Beyak take it a step further.
"I think it’s something we welcome," Fiddler said. "The next step we want to see happen is the removal of Lynn Beyak from the senate. I think that is something we will call on the senate to do."
(CKPR)
