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P.E.I. councillor sanctioned over anti-Indigenous sign seeks judicial review

Coun. John Robertson fined and suspended after claiming unmarked graves were a hoax
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A village councillor in P.E.I. is seeking a court order to quash sanctions imposed on him after he displayed a sign on his property denying the existence of unmarked graves at former residential schools. Prince Edward Island’s provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

A village councillor in Prince Edward Island is asking a court to quash sanctions imposed on him after he displayed a sign on his property referring to a “mass grave hoax” in relation to evidence of unmarked graves at former residential schools.

In documents filed last week with the P.E.I. Supreme Court, Murray Harbour Coun. John Robertson claims fellow councillors exceeded their authority and violated his rights on Nov.

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