A pick-up lorry attack that killed four members of an immigrant family has shaken Canada, a country where immigrants are largely accepted, and drew denunciations from Canada’s prime minister, who called it a hate attack directed at Muslims.
The victims, two parents, two children and a grandmother, were on an evening walk when the lorries struck them at a junction in London, Ontario.
“This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our communities,” prime minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament.
“If anyone thinks racism and hatred don’t exist in this country, I want to say this: How do we explain such violence to a child in a hospital?
NDP calls on Ottawa to recognize residential schools as genocide
NDP MP Leah Gazan rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick June 09, 2021 - 8:24 AM
OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to recognize what happened at residential schools as genocide.
In a motion to be tabled in the House of Commons tomorrow, NDP MP Leah Gazan is asking fellow lawmakers to unanimously deem the institutions history as the deliberate, systemic destruction of a cultural group.
Gazan says that there is no reconciliation without truth, and that the traumatic legacy of residential schools continues to impact First Nations communities today.
Rob GilliesAssociated Press TORONTO Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he is “deeply disappointed” the Roman Catholic Church has not offered a