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Town’s mayor resigns after fallout from ‘racist’ remarks made over water treatment plant

South Bruce Peninsula, Ont. – The town’s mayor, Garry Michi, has resigned “effective immediately” after having made remarks interpreted as racist towards Indigenous people. The former mayor’s remarks, questioning a First Nation community’s wishes to build a new water treatment plant, were captured on tape and inferred the community was unlikely to maintain such a facility, suggesting the expense wasn’t worth the risk. CTV News report | READ MORE