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The Truth and Reconciliation Committee was established in 2008 and reported in 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(Canada) The column below appears the Globe and Mail. This paper is not the largest newspaper in Canada, but it is the most authoritative in English Canada. ken h Senator scores Canada a late-game medal in the Wingnut Olympics http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/senator-scores-canada-a-late-game-medal-in-the-wingnut-olympics/article34266112/ These kids often worked in the fields to produce food that never made it to their plates but, enthused, Senator Beyak spoke in the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples: “Nobody meant to hurt anybody, the little smiles in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are real, the clothes are clean and the meals are good. There were many people who came from residential schools with good training and good language skills, and, of course, there were the atrocities as well.” Just try putting that on the end of everything, “Yeah, we went camping, saw a beautiful sunset, roaring fire, roasted marshmallows. Of course, there were the atrocities as well.” * * * * * * Mental abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse, were endemic to the residential-school system. The “students” were often kept in substandard conditions and 6,000 children died while in what is farcically called “care,” largely because of malnourishment and disease. The schools had graveyards, and many graves were unmarked. But let’s be clear about this: Even had the schooling been adequate – hell, had these kids been given top-notch education and wonderful care, had the Canadian government sent thousands of Indigenous children to the equivalent of Trinity College School – it would still have been the wrong thing to do. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
