Manitoba MPs have been calling for a man considered Canada’s most decorated Indigenous war veteran Tommy Prince to be featured on the new five dollar bill.  Prince received eleven war medals serving in World War Two and the Korean War but dealt with racism and poverty and died homeless.  Member of Parliament Niki Ashton says it’s really important that there is someone Indigenous on something that is a clear reflection of what matters to our country.  She adds this is a moment in time where in the spirit of reconciliation and the spirit of justice we take a look at the symbols who are the faces of our country and who we’re honoring and there’s been real pressure to change the symbols that we elevate nationally and to stop honoring people with deeply racist histories.

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