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‘At every turn, Canada chooses the path of injustice toward Indigenous peoples’
Pam Palmater: Reconciliation has not just gone off the rails many Indigenous peoples think it’s dead
January 29, 2021 Sofia Mitchell-Schiewe holds a photo of her late grandmother Francis Mitchell while sitting on her father James Schiewe s shoulders during the annual Women s Memorial March in Vancouver, on Feb. 14, 2020 (Darryl Dyck/CP)
Reconciliation has not just gone off the rails many Indigenous peoples think it’s dead. That is a damning assessment from peoples who, more often than not, have extended their hand in peace and given Canadian governments throughout history the benefit of the doubt. But with each broken promise, there is less collective faith that this Trudeau government, like many governments before it, has any intention of making good on its promises. A scan of social media posts after Liberal government announcements related to Indigenous peoples in the last five years have