By Dave Baxter, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Just one week before Winnipeg voters go to the polls, a mayoral candidate is attacking an organization that represents more than 60 Manitoba First Nations, and accusing First Nations leaders of trying to “guilt Canadians into abandoning their love of Canada.” In June, The Forks announced it made the decision to abandon the long-running tradition of hosting Canada Day events on July 1, and would instead host A New Day, an event officials with The Forks said would reflect on reconciliation in Manitoba, and on the long and painful history of colonization, and institutions in Canada, such as the residential school system, that caused harm to generations of Indigenous people and communities. On Oct. 5, Winnipeg mayoral candidate Jenny Motkaluk attacked The Forks

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