[R-G] The AFNQL and QNW will be addressing CRTC to call Radio-Canada to order

[Macdonald Stainsby]

ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS OF QUEBEC AND LABRADOR


Transmitted by CNW Group on : September 28, 2005 16:56

The AFNQL and QNW will be addressing CRTC to call Radio-Canada to order

WENDAKE, Sept. 28 /CNW Telbec/ - The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec 
and Labrador (AFNQL) and Quebec Native Women (QNW) denounces the racist 
remarks broadcasted by Radio-Canada on Sunday September 25th within the 
context of a Program called "Tout le monde en parle". "The quest for 
audience ratings does not justify the broadcasting of such racist 
remarks on the air of Canada's state television." It is in those terms 
that the Regional Chief of the AFNQL, Mr. Ghislain Picard, and QNW's 
President, Ms. Ellen Gabriel, addresses the Martin government, the 
federal minister of Heritage Canada and the directorship of 
Radio-Canada, following the broadcasting of the program called "Tout le 
monde en parle", on September 25th. As Ms. Gabriel explained, these kind 
of statements promote racist attitudes in a time when most members of 
society are trying to eliminate such toxic perspectives. "This archaic 
attitude has undermined the progress of sensitization of the Quebecois 
people in regard to Aboriginal people." According to Chief Picard, the 
Crown Corporation, its political officials and its directorship show a 
great deal of negligence by allowing the broadcasting of racist remarks. 
The AFNQL and QNW intends to address the CRTC in order to call to order 
Radio-Canada and its directorship as a whole.

The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador is the regional 
organization which represents the Chiefs of the First Nations of Quebec 
and Labrador.

Quebec Native Women is an organism who advocates for the rights of 
Aboriginal women.

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