Trudeau sets himself a high bar on promises to First Nations

Indigenous high school students ask pointed questions of the PM.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau greets Elder Evelyn Commanda-Dewache during the closing ceremony of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, at Rideau Hall in June 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY TIM HARPER

May 4, 2016

OTTAWA—Perhaps it was the impatience of youth. More likely, it was the impatience of a First Nations generation meeting a prime minister who has raised expectations sky high. When Justin Trudeau visited Saskatoon’s Oskayak High School last week, he got his share of selfies and delighted squeal...

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