'There is no racism in Canada': Beyak leaves controversial letters online as minister calls for action
By John Paul Tasker
Ontario senator describes letters calling Indigenous peoples lazy whiners as 'edgy and opinionated'
Senator Lynn Beyak, in a still from a video on March 27, 2017. Beyak has refused to remove letters posted to her website that have been condemned by politicians of all stripes as racist and hateful. (CBC)
More than a week after the Senate Ethics Officer ordered Non-affiliated Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak to take down letters posted to her website that have been condemned by politicians of all stripes as racist and hateful, the correspondence is still featured prominently on her taxpayer-funded page.
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett tells CBC News she's determined to do something about the letters, most of which were sent to the former Conservative senator after her controversial March 2017 speech in which she defended the Indian residential school system.
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