Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling on officials to do a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of more than 200 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday pledged “concrete action” in support of indigenous communities after remains of 215 children were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children.
Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling on officials to do a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of more than 200 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling on officials to do a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of more than 200 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Leaders from the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc community in the southern interior of British Columbia, where the school was located, said that there are far more questions than answers so far regarding the discovery.
Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors in Canada are calling on officials to do a thorough investigation of every former residential school in the country after the remains of more than 200 children were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Tuesday, 01 Jun 2021 07:36 AM MYT
Trudeau has made reconciliation with Canada s nearly 1.7 million indigenous people a priority of his government since coming to power in 2015. AFP pic
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OTTAWA, June 1 ― Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday expressed Canada s grief while pledging “concrete action” in support of indigenous communities after remains of 215 indigenous children were discovered at an old boarding school.
“As a dad, I can t imagine what it would feel like to have my kids taken away from me,” Trudeau told a news conference. “And as prime minister, I am appalled by the shameful policy that stole indigenous children from their communities.”