‘Star Trek’ Fan Fights To Keep Licence Plate In Manitoba Court

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The word can't be separated from the plight of Indigenous people in Manitoba, a lawyer argued

Cosplayer in character as member of The Borg, the fictional alien race in the Star Trek franchise at The Birmingham Film and Comic Con at NEC Arena on June 4, 2017 in Birmingham, England.

Assimilate, whether in the sense of a fictional alien race or the real history of Indigenous people in Canada, is"talking about wiping out the uniqueness of people," Murray said. Plates are denied for a variety of reasons, including if they are offensive, suggestive, discriminatory or include racial or ethnic slang. They are the property of the Crown and can be recalled at any time.

 

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