Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced Wednesday that the federal government is ready to distribute $27 million in pre-announced funding to assist Indigenous communities in locating and memorializing children who died at residential schools.
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says he is open to the idea of considering different legal avenues when it comes to residential schools with burial grounds in particular the possibility of protecting these sites and criminalizing anyone who might try to damage them or hide evidence.
Ottawa, June 1
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would take further actions in response to the discovery of the remains of 215 children in a former residential school in Kaml
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the Pope needs to issue an apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada s residential school system, and Justice Minister David Lametti says he is open to the idea of considering different legal avenues when it comes to schools with burial grounds.
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