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We begin today with the war on hate and the fact that new tools are needed. A professor of constitutional and international law said none of Canada’s major political parties is bringing anything new to the table to curb the rise of hate crime in the country. The Liberal government has presented itself as the champion of diversity, equality, and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples since coming into power in 2015. It promised action in these areas, and repeated the promise in its latest throne speech, and even in the 2021 budget. But recent hate crimes including against Muslims, Jews, and Asians have renewed pressure on the governm
iPolitics AM: Residential schools legacy, reconciliation in Hill spotlight ipolitics.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ipolitics.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
iPolitics AM: Residential-schools legacy and reconciliation By Kady O Malley. Published on Jun 3, 2021 6:01am Shoes have been left at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill to honour the 215 children whose remains have been found at a former residential school in Kamloops. Photo: Lindsay Beauchamp / Twitter
Exactly one week after a B.C. Indigenous community confirmed that the remains of 215 children some as young as three years old had been found on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, both the harrowing legacy of the residential schools program and the ongoing legal battles over decades of inadequate support for First Nations children are poised to dominate the political agenda on Parliament Hill today, starting with a full day of debate on an omnibus opposition motion that issues a stark challenge to the minority Liberals to commit to “concrete actions for real reconciliation.”
Evening Brief: Pushing the Pope ipolitics.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ipolitics.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Prime Minister says the province can amend part of the Constitution to underscore that it is a nation and that its official language is French, but some constitutional experts disagree