Jean Teillet and Scott Newark - Is Canada's criminal justice system unfairly biased against First Nations people?
The Roy Green Show · Global News / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old man from the Red Pheasant Cree Nation.
Was this a verdict based on the race of the all-white jury? Is Canada's criminal justice system unfair to First Nations people?
Guests: Jean Teillet, lawyer and great-grandniece of historic Metis leader Louis Riel, a defender of indigenous rights, won a Supreme Court of Canada decision for Metis rights
Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor and executive officer of the Canadian Police Association, now a security and justice policy analyst and adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University
(Photo: Ryan Kessler/Global News)
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