OTTAWA - In the wake of the tragic discovery of an unmarked burial site in Kamloops, B.C., the Liberals are facing tough questions about ongoing harms being suffered by Indigenous children in the child welfare system a system an Inuit MP says is no different than residential schools.
OTTAWA Retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is calling for an independent investigation to examine all burial sites near former residential schools. He told a House of Commons committee today that such a probe should not be run by the federal government, but should be overseen by a parliamentary […]
KAMLOOPS, B.C. The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of…
Sinclair calls for independent investigation into burial sites, says RCMP are probing
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By Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press on June 3, 2021.
Murray Sinclair appears before the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa on Tuesday May 28, 2019. Retired senator Sinclair says an independent investigation is needed to examine all burial sites near former residential schools.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
OTTAWA – Retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is calling for an independent investigation to examine all burial sites near former residential schools.
He told a House of Commons committee Thursday that such a probe should not be run by the federal government, but should be overseen by a parliamentary committee that will ensure that it is done in a proper way.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.