CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Laford removed from Order of Canada

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OTTAWA – Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile lawyer and child-rights advocate embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigeneity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her own request.

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Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile lawyer and child-rights advocate embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigeneity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her own request. Turpel-Lafond speaks to a reporter in Vancouver on November 13, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile lawyer and child-rights advocate embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigeneity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her own request. Turpel-Lafond speaks to a reporter in Vancouver on November 13, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck