No reason was given but the termination comes after a 2023 CBC investigation raised serious doubts about the singer’s claims to Indigenous identity
OTTAWA — Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Order of Canada has been terminated.
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Friday’s posting was signed by the secretary general of the Order of Canada.
No reason was listed for Sainte-Marie’s termination. In a statement, the the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General said it does not comment on the specifics of termination cases.
The termination comes after a 2023 CBC News investigation raised serious doubts about her claims to Indigenous identity. The singer-songwriter had long made Indigenous identity a central feature of her music and activism.
Sainte-Marie, who accumulated many awards and prestigious honours over her decades as a musician, was appointed to the Order of Canada, long seen as one of the highest honours an individual in Canada could receive, back in 1997.
In 2019, she was honoured with a promotion.
A response from a media representative for Sainte-Marie has not yet been returned.
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