Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Metis Threaten to Boycott "Human Rights" Snoozeum

The Metis are a-fuming due to a vile breach of their "human rights":
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Metis Federation is accusing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights of censorship and is threatening to boycott the institution because it is excluding a decorated Metis musician from its grand opening. 
President David Chartrand said the museum approached the federation and asked which Metis performers should be included in next month’s ceremonies, which are to be televised live. 
He said the Winnipeg museum rejected the federation’s choice — 74-year-old musician Ray St. Germain — because they thought “a younger person might fit the flow of the event better.” 
“We took a very strong offence to that. Who are you to tell us how to promote our culture?” Chartrand said Tuesday. 
“This is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Did they forget their mandate? They start to tell us how we’re going to advance our identity or description of who we are to the world?” 
The federation has voted to boycott Canada’s newest museum, Chartrand said. 
“We want to make sure we showcase the greatest talent we have,” he said. “If that’s what they stand for — to dictate or control the information — then we want nothing to do with them.”...
If the Metis are royally p.o.'d, imagine how the Ukrainians must feel.

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