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CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks out after award revoked over heritage

Mar 9, 2023 | 7:24 PM

VANCOUVER — Former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she is satisfied in her “past work, identity and self-worth” after the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association stripped her of an award because it believed she falsified her claims of Indigenous identity.

Turpel-Lafond says in her most expansive remarks since questions about her heritage were raised last year that it is “liberating” to be freed of honours.

More coming.

The Canadian Press