Ontario promises $10 million to probe residential-school grounds By Iain Sherriff-Scott. Published on Jun 15, 2021 2:06pm Part of a memorial in front of Queen s Park honouring the 215 children whose remains were found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School at Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C. (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star)
Ontario will spend $10 million over three years to help Indigenous communities investigate the grounds of former residential schools, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday.
The money will be used to identify, protect, and commemorate burial sites at former residential schools. Culturally appropriate and trauma-informed mental-health supports will also become available for residential-school survivors, their families, and Indigenous communities.
Evening Brief: Trudeau calls Russia a rival at NATO summit By iPolitics. Published on Jun 14, 2021 5:53pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a media availability in West Block on July 8, 2020. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
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We begin in Brussels, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is attending the NATO summit the first one to take place in several years without former U.S. president Donald Trump in the White House. You’ll recall Trump called the alliance “obsolete” on more than one occasion. Today, Trudeau insisted the alliance is “more united than ever” against Russia, China and the general threat of authoritarianism in the wake of what he called an “intere
Overriding Charter, Ontario Tories pass contentious election-reform bill By Iain Sherriff-Scott. Published on Jun 14, 2021 4:25pm Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured speaking to reporters from Toronto in June 2020, was absent from the chamber as his party advanced the bill. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Premier Doug Ford’s government on Monday passed a controversial election-reform bill by overriding the Constitution for the first time in the province’s history.
To make that happen, the government invoked the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution, which gives provinces the power to ignore court rulings and override Charter rights. Opposition parties at Queen’s Park oppose the contentious tactic, which the government is taking less than a year away from the next provincial election.
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The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers said it isn’t calling for the cancellation of the project, but has concerns about its environmental impact. The group also sounded alarms about a “lack of data and evidence” backing the proposal.