As the United Association of Muslims and the BC Muslim Association call for the removal of Katy Merrifield as Conservative campaign director, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is calling for the removal of a Conservative candidate.

UBCIC called this morning for the removal of Powell River-Sunshine Coast candidate John Henderson over his history of residential school denialism.

As Mayor of Sechelt, Henderson pushed a book called “Grave Error: How The Media Misled Us," a collection of essays that minimize and deny the experiences of residential school survivors.

Henderson was then rebuked by his own city council, who passed a motion rejecting residential school denialism. At a subsequent meeting, the councillors wore orange shirts in solidarity with residential school survivors.

Ravi Parmar, BC NDP Candidate for Langford-Highlands:

“It is clear that the Conservative Party takes little issue with extreme and harmful views. John Henderson’s residential school denialism was publicly known when Lorne Doerkson approved him as a candidate. Even John Rustad rejected residential school denialism in his party. British Columbians deserve to know if he thinks these views are acceptable under his leadership.”