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First Nations leaders and activists express concerns over parole being granted to Brayden Bushby, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2017 death of Indigenous woman Barbara Kentner in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The speakers call for a review of the parole process to more closely include Indigenous victims and families of victims of crime.
Speaking at the news conference in Ottawa are Anna Betty Achneepineskum (deputy grand chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation), Connie Kentner (relative of Barbara), Claudette Commanda (chancellor of the University of Ottawa), NaWalka Geeshy Meegwun (member of the Chiefs of Ontario's 2S Council), and Francis Kavanaugh (grand chief of Grand Council Treaty #3).
First Nations leaders and activists express concerns over parole being granted to Brayden Bushby, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2017 death of Indigenous woman Barbara Kentner in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The speakers call for a review of the parole process to more closely include Indigenous victims and families of victims of crime.
Speaking at the news conference in Ottawa are Anna Betty Achneepineskum (deputy grand chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation), Connie Kentner (relative of Barbara), Claudette Commanda (chancellor of the University of Ottawa), NaWalka Geeshy Meegwun (member of the Chiefs of Ontario's 2S Council), and Francis Kavanaugh (grand chief of Grand Council Treaty #3).
