By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Daily Gleaner Chief George Ginnish says an announcement that New Brunswick will fund peace officers in eight Mi’gmaq First Nations does not begin to address the grievances those communities have with the criminal justice system. The leader of Natoaganeg, or Eel Ground First Nation, near Miramichi is thankful that the Progressive Conservative government is providing $3.6 million over three years to fund peace officers in the Indigenous communities along the eastern coast of the province. But the over-representation of Indigenous people in jails and the province’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into how racism affects them specifically in the justice system are still sore points. “The report that the province eventually came up with, on systemic racism, was redacted and reduced by…
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