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Councillor urges Winnipeg mayor to rescind civic award given to Food Fare owner (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/manitoba@lemmy.ca

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City police are investigating a video circulating online regarding the Israel-Hamas war which has prompted a Winnipeg city councillor to call for a civic award to be taken away from a local businessman.

Coun. Sherri Rollins wrote an open letter to Mayor Scott Gillingham on Sunday about Ramsey Zeid.

Zeid, a co-owner of Winnipeg's Food Fare grocery stores and president of the Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba (CPAM), accepted a Mayor's Business Improvement Zone Award on May 15.

Rollins said The Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba (CPAM) recently re-posted a video in their Instagram Stories that talks about actions that Palestinian people could take to advocate for their cause.

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Just a quick reminder of what Rollins really is ...

Newly elected Winnipeg city councillor Sherri Rollins faces questions about her changing Indigenous identity

Newly-elected Winnipeg city councillor Sherri Rollins faced questions Friday about her Indigenous identity after first claiming she was Metis, then a member of the Huron-Wendat community, and finally Miami.

When asked about her roots, Rollins said in an email to APTN “I was born and raised in Ottawa.” She couldn’t provide a community connection, only that her family is from the Windsor-Detroit corridor 300 years ago.