Question Period Note: Combatting Residential School Denialism

• As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has taught us, “Without truth, justice, and healing, there can be no genuine reconciliation.”

• Confronting the lasting impacts of the Residential School system is a foundational aspect of reconciliation, which denialism threatens to undermine.

• We must not deny what happened to Indigenous children at Residential Schools across the country, and the resulting pain and intergenerational trauma that still haunts Survivors, families, and communities.

• All Canadians have a role to play in learning about and addressing the ongoing impacts of Residential Schools.

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