Chief Andrea Paul worries about the safety of her family and her community in the wake of the announcement that Northern Pulp will close.
The leader of Pictou Landing First Nation didn’t go into specifics, but said she and people in her community of Pictou Landing have been facing many threats since Premier Stephen McNeil announced on Dec. 20 that he would not be extending the Boat Harbour Act.
Paul told The News that she’s started a file with the RCMP over the threats.
Also since the announcement, a screenshot of controversial Facebook post Paul made on Dec. 12 has been circulated. The post included a statement saying: “These money hungry White men would sell their children for money.” Attached was a Halifax Examiner story about lobbyists affecting government decisions in relation to Northern Pulp.
What hasn’t been circulated as frequently, is that Paul apologized on Facebook the next day.
“I take responsibility of this post,” Paul wrote on Dec. 13. “I wrote it out of complete anger. I was pissed off because we have had a history of men in position of power making decisions of our lives.
“I am very sorry that my anger that morning caused me to have a lapse of judgement. Again I am truly sorry for my insensitive post.”
Paul said it seems that there are people who are out to destroy her.
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