Petition urges head of Indigenous veterans group to resign after online posts
SASKATOON — There are calls for the head of an Indigenous veterans group to step down because of controversial social media posts about gay people, Muslims and women.
Jesse Donovan, who was a reservist from 2011 to 2013, has started a petition saying Richard Blackwolf should resign as president of the Canadian Aboriginal Veterans and Serving Members Association.
“His group claims to represent me, so that is very troubling to me to see someone who purports to be my leader making these discriminatory, hateful statements which I completely disagree with,” Donovan said Wednesday.
Blackwolf and the Canadian Aboriginal Veterans and Serving Members Association could not immediately be reached for comment.