Vancouver mayor under fire over leaked memo to ‘return’ Indigenous people out of Downtown Eastside

Vancouver mayor under fire over leaked memo to ‘return’ Indigenous people out of Downtown Eastside

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The BC Association of First Nations is calling upon Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim to abandon and apologize for what it says is a plan to relocate Indigenous residents in the Downtown Eastside. Kier Junos reports.

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