Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall needs to lead on racism – Regina Leader-Post

August 25, 2016

In fairness to Premier Brad Wall, many wouldn’t be aware of hateful responses to the Colten Boushie shooting death had Wall not used his own ample profile to bring them to the public’s attention.

The premier’s staff explained that bigoted responses after 54-year-old Biggar-area farmer Gerald Stanley was charged with Boushie’s second-degree murder were brought to Wall’s attention and he decided to combat them with his own social media post calling for an end to hateful racism and warning hate could be prosecuted.

The problem, however, is neither the Criminal Code nor the existing Saskatchewan Human Rights Code make prosecution easy.

For example, one post that drew Wall’s ire is the now-infamous “His (Stanley’s) only mistake was leaving three witnesses” signed by Lampman-area farmer and rural councillor Ben Kautz, who later apologized.

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