$urpri$ing, I know:
Still there is a qualitative difference between restoring land in the remote north and restoring it in, say, urban Southern Ontario. Six Nations of the Grand River has spent decades in the courts, pursing a Haldimand Tract land claim of almost one million acres, which runs north from Lake Erie, and includes the city of Brantford. No one, including the First Nations involved, expects a swath of the province to be handed back.
One day though the federal government could lose this battle and be faced with a court ruling ordering it return what is now urban land to First Nations, and the lawyers know it. Miller may well be the one to preside over this development, and if so he’ll need more than affability to stay afloat. Trudeau’s bad picks aside, he seems to have gone for competence and dullness, in the hope that he can avoid controversy and perhaps even avoid drawing attention, until it’s time to roll the dice on a majority.
Does Chretien have $60 million?:
Jean Chrétien, while he was minister of Indian affairs, said he knew of "problems" at a residential school in northern Ontario which has since emerged as one of the notorious institutions for the abuse of children, according to a letter provided to CBC News.
Chrétien has denied being aware of abuse in the residential school system when he headed the ministry.
Chrétien sent the Feb. 6, 1969, type-written letter in response to a hand-written one addressed to him by a former teacher who quit her post over conditions at St. Anne's residential school, which sat along the James Bay coast in Fort Albany First Nation.
"I have looked into the situation and have obtained a full report on it from our regional superintendent of schools," wrote Chrétien.
"You may rest assured, however, that we are aware of the problems which exist at that location and are doing what we can to correct them."
(Sidebar: it must take a lot for Justin to throw Chretien under the bus. Maybe he should just hand his mother some money to take his mind off of thing.)
How could this possibly go wrong?:
New Brunswick has become one of the last provinces to end its use of birth alerts, a controversial practice that involves alerts being sent to hospital authorities to make them aware of “potential risks regarding the safety of an unborn child.” It can result in child welfare services removing the baby from the parent’s care after it’s born.
The practice has been criticized for targeting Indigenous parents and other marginalized groups, and the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) has recommended putting an end to them.
Birth alerts have now been axed in most Canadian provinces and territories, though they are still issued in Quebec and are under review in Nova Scotia.
I'll just leave this right here:
A higher proportion of Indigenous people self-reported experiencing some form of childhood physical and/or sexual maltreatment before the age of 15 compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts (40% and 29%, respectively). Survey results also showed some differences in the prevailing types of childhood maltreatment between Indigenous men and women. More specifically, Indigenous women were more likely than Indigenous men to self-report experiencing ‘both physical and sexual maltreatment’ as a child (14% and 5%, respectively); Indigenous men were more likely than Indigenous women to self-report experiencing ‘physical maltreatment only’ as a child (31% and 21%, respectively).
Weren't we supposed to have reports in June?:
Crews wrapped up the search for unmarked graves at the site of the former Camsell Hospital on Friday after no human remains were found.
The facility was used to treat Indigenous people with tuberculosis for decades and some believed former patients may have been buried on the grounds. The site located at 128th Street and 114th Avenue has been slated for the construction of residential properties.
Thirteen spots flagged by ground-penetrating radar were dug up earlier this summer. Over the past two days another 21 such anomalies were uncovered but only found debris.
No further searches of the site are planned.
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An Ontario First Nation began searching the grounds of a former residential school Tuesday, looking for unmarked graves in what some survivors called a difficult but necessary step toward healing.
The search in Brantford, Ont., will cover about 200 hectares surrounding the Mohawk Institute, located near the territory of the Six Nations of the Grand River.
The flag used to mean something but whatever:
Evan Soloman will now ask a FN leader if it’s ok for Canada to raise our flag. Seriously. What a fucking stupid network CTV is and what a fucking stupid country this has become. My god
— terry l. (@dubsndoo) November 3, 2021
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