Question Period Note: Residential School Denialism

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Reference number:
CIR-2023-QP-73434222
Date received:
Jun 21, 2023
Organization:
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Name of Minister:
Miller, Marc (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations

Suggested Response:

• The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s six-year comprehensive study and final report detailed the harms of residential schools.

• The children at these schools experienced psychological, physical, and sexual abuse and many never returned home.

• They have lost their identity, language, culture, and relationships with family.

• As a government and a country we need to accept and commit to the truth about residential schools. This provides the necessary foundation to advance reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples.

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