Carolyn Bennett to resign following a text she sent to Jody Wilson-Raybould, which Bennett has acknowledged was “inappropriate.”Wilson-Raybould, Independent MP for Vancouver-Granville, is a member of the We Wai Kai Nation in B.C.
She tweeted her horror following the discovery of 751 unmarked residential school graves in Saskatchewan. In the same tweet, she added that “no one really wants” an election right now.Bennett, in a text that linked to that tweet, sent a single-word message to Wilson-Raybould: “Pension?” Bennett apologizes after linking JWR residential school tweet with pension eligibility Now, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is calling on Bennett to step down from her cabinet role.“UBCIC is deeply disturbed and disgusted by.