A number of Canadian public figures condemned TD Bank for a social justice training session where the leaders told employees not to vote Conservative because they do not care about indigenous people. .After the Western Standard exclusive story was published Thursday, TD’s Twitter account was flooded with comments and quote tweets from people condemning the bank for what was said in this meeting. .Quillette associate editor Jonathan Kay said this audio recording was “shameful.” .“This is the kind of openly partisan behavior we expect from media companies, universities, and school boards,” said Kay. .“It has no place among bankers, whom I generally hold to a higher moral standard.” .Macdonald-Laurier Institute policy analyst and outreach coordinator Melissa Mbarki asked when TD became an expert on indigenous issues. .“You make it harder for us to get loans because you consider us riskier clients,” said Mbarki. .“You owe us an apology!”.Canada Proud commented on the incident. .“It must be just a coincidence that TD complied with Justin Trudeau's bank account seizures, eh?” said Canada Proud. .Western Standard columnist Karen Selick said she was disturbed TD was giving political advice. .“Please advise what you are going to do to rectify this situation,” said Selick. .“I might pull my 30+ year old account depending on your answer.”.The audio recording saw one trainer named Carol say Conservatives “go against a lot of what indigenous people are trying to do, because they advocate for pipelines.”.READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: TD diversity trainers caught telling employees to not vote Conservative.“They don’t want indigenous people to have a voice,” said Carol.. Exclusive audioExclusive audio
A number of Canadian public figures condemned TD Bank for a social justice training session where the leaders told employees not to vote Conservative because they do not care about indigenous people. .After the Western Standard exclusive story was published Thursday, TD’s Twitter account was flooded with comments and quote tweets from people condemning the bank for what was said in this meeting. .Quillette associate editor Jonathan Kay said this audio recording was “shameful.” .“This is the kind of openly partisan behavior we expect from media companies, universities, and school boards,” said Kay. .“It has no place among bankers, whom I generally hold to a higher moral standard.” .Macdonald-Laurier Institute policy analyst and outreach coordinator Melissa Mbarki asked when TD became an expert on indigenous issues. .“You make it harder for us to get loans because you consider us riskier clients,” said Mbarki. .“You owe us an apology!”.Canada Proud commented on the incident. .“It must be just a coincidence that TD complied with Justin Trudeau's bank account seizures, eh?” said Canada Proud. .Western Standard columnist Karen Selick said she was disturbed TD was giving political advice. .“Please advise what you are going to do to rectify this situation,” said Selick. .“I might pull my 30+ year old account depending on your answer.”.The audio recording saw one trainer named Carol say Conservatives “go against a lot of what indigenous people are trying to do, because they advocate for pipelines.”.READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: TD diversity trainers caught telling employees to not vote Conservative.“They don’t want indigenous people to have a voice,” said Carol.. Exclusive audioExclusive audio
