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OTTAWA — On Tuesday afternoon, surrounded by reporters in the foyer of Parliament’s Centre Block, the mother of Colten Boushie spoke just a couple of sentences to sum up a day of meetings with the most powerful politicians in the country.

“I am very honoured to be here and I’m happy that we got to meet the Prime Minister,” said Debbie Baptiste, holding a photo of her son who had been killed in August 2016. Boushie’s family and other supporters are in Ottawa to urge better treatment for Indigenous people in Canada’s criminal justice system.

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“We continue praying that something is done, that we can go home and tell the people that we tried hard and we’re still going to keep trying,” Baptiste said. “And we’re going to keep going. And this ain’t going to stop until something changes for the better.”

Boushie was killed after he and four friends drove onto Stanley’s farm, about an hour west of Saskatoon. Stanley said he fired two warning shots from a semi-automatic handgun, before firing a third into the back of Boushie’s head. Stanley’s lawyers argued that he believed the gun was empty when he approached the vehicle and that his shooting Boushie was a “freak accident.” On Friday, a jury acquitted Stanley.