After Bodies Are Found, Some Say Canada Day Is Nothing to Celebrate
Heeding calls from Indigenous people, some places have canceled plans to mark the holiday, after hundreds of children’s remains were discovered at former boarding schools for Indigenous children.
A vigil on Saturday at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School, where more than 750 unmarked graves were found, on the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan.Credit.Geoff Robins/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
June 28, 2021
OTTAWA After the discovery of hundreds of bodies in unmarked graves at former schools for Indigenous children, communities across Canada are canceling or altering plans to celebrate a patriotic holiday on Thursday, increasing the pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call off national celebrations.
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