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Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by governor general

No reason was given but the termination comes after a 2023 CBC investigation raised serious doubts about the singer's claims to Indigenous identity

Author of the article: Stephanie Taylor
Published Feb 07, 2025 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 2 minute read


Buffy Sainte-Marie holds a Juno award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year in 2018. PHOTO BY JONATHAN HAYWARD/THE CANADIAN PRESS/FILE

OTTAWA — Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Order of Canada has been terminated, with history of her ever having been appointed scrubbed online.

Notice was posted on the government’s official publication late Friday that Governor General Mary Simon had cancelled Sainte-Marie’s Order of Canada through an order she signed in early January.

Friday’s posting was signed by the secretary general of the Order of Canada.

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