Canada is in an identity crisis, and Canadians are appalled

But the federal government continues its passive aggressive resistance to the truth.

Organized by the Odawa Native Friendship Centre to honour the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were discovered two weeks ago at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, people placed 215 pairs of shoes and boots to honour their memory at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill on June 3, 2021. The discovery of the mass grave has attracted international headlines. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

June 7, 2021

OTTAWA—Warning: this story contains distressing details. Following the announcement of the mass grave of 215 Indigenous children unearthed at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, Canada is in an identity crisis and Canadians are appalled. But the federal governme...

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