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Province ignores call to fire independent officer
By: Larry Kusch and Bruce Owen
MANITOBA’S aboriginal leaders renewed their demand Thursday that provincial children’s advocate Darlene MacDonald be removed from her position.
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, MKO Grand Chief David Harper (representing northern First Nations), and a representative of the Southern Chiefs Organization sat in the public gallery of the Manitoba legislature as Liberal MLA Jon Gerrard introduced a petition calling for MacDonald to lose her job.
MacDonald is responsible for representing the rights and interests of children in Manitoba. She reports directly to the legislative assembly, not to the government, and her dismissal would require a legislative vote.
Neither the governing NDP nor the Opposition Conservatives — who represent 56 of the 57 seats in the chamber — have called for MacDonald’s resignation over comments she made to the Free Press in June.
Read more: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/childrens-advocate-to-stay-in-job-howard-180566411.html
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