By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer First Nationleaders and protesters rallied outside Aaron Gunn\u2019s campaign office in Campbell River Saturday demanding the Conservative Party withdraw his candidacy. A crowd of about 150 people waved signs reading \u201cDrop the Gunn\u201d and \u201cWe Need Gunn Control,\u201d while First Nationsleaders, residential school survivors, educators and community workers voiced their anger over Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre\u2019s decision not to remove Gunn from the party\u2019s slate. Gunn has sparked concern and anger nationwide over a collection of contentious comments and social media posts \u2014 particularly those First Nations leaders say promote residential school denialism. Gunn is also drawing fire for insisting there are only two genders, the \u201cgender pay gap doesn\u2019t exist” and systemic racism is a “myth\u201d. An online petition… <\/p>\n
By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer First Nationleaders and protesters rallied outside Aaron Gunn\u2019s campaign office in Campbell River Saturday demanding the Conservative Party withdraw his candidacy. A crowd of about 150 people waved signs reading \u201cDrop the Gunn\u201d and \u201cWe Need Gunn Control,\u201d while First Nationsleaders, residential school survivors, educators and community workers voiced their anger over Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre\u2019s decision not to remove Gunn from the party\u2019s slate. Gunn has sparked concern and anger nationwide over a collection of contentious comments and social media posts \u2014 particularly those First Nations leaders say promote residential school denialism. Gunn is also drawing fire for insisting there are only two genders, the \u201cgender pay gap doesn\u2019t exist” and systemic racism is a “myth\u201d. An online petition... <\/p>\n