Councillor apologizes for not stopping gender based remarks

A Six Nations Elected Councillor apologized to the women on council for allowing a delegate to make disparaging gender-based remarks. Councillor Greg Frazer publicly apologized at the General Council meeting earlier this month (December 9) for not intervening when a man in the audience made gender-based and inappropriate remarks toward women during a tense cannabis-related presentation at the November 25 General Council meeting. Frazer addressed the issue as new business, saying he felt he “could have been a moderating voice” during what he described as an uncomfortable and disrespectful exchange directed at female community members, the delegates presenting, and women on Council, including Elected Chief Sherri-Lyn Hill. The apology came two weeks after a contentious meeting where comments from community member Roy Fish, which were delivered during a presentation by…

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