Manitoba premier says indigenous night hunting is starting a ‘race war’
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s premier is being criticized for saying indigenous people shouldn’t be night hunting and that the practice is creating a “race war.”
Brian Pallister made the comments to fellow Progressive Conservatives earlier this week in Virden, Man.
“Young indigenous guys going out and shootin’ a bunch of moose ’cause they can, ’cause they say it’s their right, doesn’t make any sense to me,” he said in a speech, which was recorded by the local radio station CJVM.
“This is a poor practice. A dumb practice … It should stop.