Mi’kmaw leaders are accusing Fishery and Oceans Canada, or DFO, of systemic racism after two Mi’kmaw fishermen from Unama’ki (Cape Breton) were forced to walk along the highway at night without their phones and shoes after fishery officers seized their belongings.

They’re demanding DFO fire the two fishery officers accused of taking Blaise Sylliboy and Kevin Hartling’s phones and footwear before dropping them at a gas station in Shelburne, N.S.

“There should be action taken against these individuals who perpetrated this crime against the two men,” We’koqma’q Chief Annie Bernard-Daisley said. “They should lose their jobs.”

“It’s inhumane. It’s u…

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