By Alessia Passafiume Conservatives are questioning why CBC is funding a spoof program that used false pretences to lure high-profile people accused of downplaying the damage caused by residential schools into sitting for interviews. Several current and former Conservative politicians have gone on social media to denounce the production \u201cNorthland Tales.” The show is being produced for CBC and APTN. The show is described by the Indigenous Screen Office \u2014 which works to increase Indigenous media representation using federal funding \u2014 as a satire program meant to \u201cflip the script\u201d on modern and historical injustices against Indigenous Peoples. Frances Widdowson, who has described herself as a \u201cknown controversial figure\u201d and has publicly questioned the history of residential schools and unmarked graves of children at the site of a former school… <\/p>\n
By Alessia Passafiume Conservatives are questioning why CBC is funding a spoof program that used false pretences to lure high-profile people accused of downplaying the damage caused by residential schools into sitting for interviews. Several current and former Conservative politicians have gone on social media to denounce the production \u201cNorthland Tales.” The show is being produced for CBC and APTN. The show is described by the Indigenous Screen Office \u2014 which works to increase Indigenous media representation using federal funding \u2014 as a satire program meant to \u201cflip the script\u201d on modern and historical injustices against Indigenous Peoples. Frances Widdowson, who has described herself as a \u201cknown controversial figure\u201d and has publicly questioned the history of residential schools and unmarked graves of children at the site of a former school... <\/p>\n