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Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 17:35
One of the locals [Technical difficulty—Editor] a bike and drove out to the school and took a look to make sure that...and found that the plaque wasn't there. That was a serious issue, yes.
Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 17:35
Correct. We apologized for this.
In full transparency, in that same village we had found out that around that same time there was a second plaque, that we know of. That's why we're doing a full investigation across the organization, but particularly in that time frame, to try to understand what went wrong.
We phased out plaques about 12 years ago. The local community doesn't want plaques in the schools. They are their schools. They pay. They maintain them. They continue after we hand them over to them. So we stopped doing plaques, again, about a dozen years ago. But we recognize that this is a very important issue. This is why we're trying to get into this.
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
I suppose it's not just about the plaque per se. Yes, it's about the plaque and certain representations made to donors, but equally I would say that the concern stems from representations made to donors that their funding is going to a project and that you're not soliciting different funding for that same project.
I recognize what you say about boreholes being required. I recognize that there may be additional expenses that require additional funding.
View Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Profile
Lib. (ON)
Yes, but before you do, I guess I'm seeking clarity—and I appreciate you are concerned about this—for how you are going to get to the bottom of this. Who is it you have tasked with getting to the bottom of this, and who is it on the ground who is going to get to the bottom of this for you?
Craig Kielburger
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Craig Kielburger
2021-03-15 17:36
I appreciate the question.
There are two quick things.
Number one, I feel that some people are maybe misunderstanding. Yes, we have funders who fund [Technical difficulty—Editor], but that's not just our model. We also have programs in schools for five, seven and sometimes 10 years—again, school lunches, teacher training, school supplies, programs for kids. All of that requires incremental funding. That's why people pool their funding into a village project. They pool it to support all these initiatives so that it can support the kids. It's not just building a building. An empty building does no good. You need all the other programs.
To answer your question, we have a standing committee of the board that has now been formed. Publicly, it is Gerry Connelly, the former director of education of the Toronto District School Board, who is going to lead the standing committee and who's looking at this issue both from Canada.... We also have a team in Kenya that is digging into this.
It will take a while. There are a lot of paper records from 15 years ago in Kenya, where we're trying to figure out the answer to this question. We are committed to finding out the answer to this question, because it is important.
I hear you, and we heard Mr. Cowan. Again, we are not perfect. But in 25 years, thousands of projects, 45 countries [Technical difficulty—Editor] water and health, we make mistakes. And we apologize for those mistakes.
View Caroline Desbiens Profile
BQ (QC)
Thank you to you both. Your testimonies are very heartbreaking. I'm even struggling to find my voice to ask you questions.
We don't have much time, but I'd also like to thank you for marking the passing of Grand Chief Max Gros-Louis, whom I was fortunate enough to know. I'm a writer-composer-performer, and we met each other together on international stages. He was an absolutely exceptional man who left his mark on my memory. I offer you my most sincere condolences, as well as to the entire nation and to all First Nations.
At home, in Charlevoix, we have beautiful stories with our First Nations brothers. There is a project in Pointe-aux-Alouettes, in the municipality of Baie-Sainte-Catherine, that I'm actively working on with a Charlevoix-Est RCM committee. We would like to set up a commemorative site.
As part of the study of Bill C-5, which would establish a statutory holiday, I was wondering: if there were more memorial sites where we could celebrate and learn, if there were interpretation centres where we could provide information to the public, and if more sites were established across the nation, would this give us a chance to learn more about your history?
My daughter, who is next to me, tells me that she has had only one hour in all her high school years to discuss your history. It's not enough.
Jean-Charles Piétacho
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Jean-Charles Piétacho
2020-11-20 14:24
Absolutely. In the community where I come from, it took about 20 years before we could have the Maison de la culture innue. In fact, we now receive a lot of people. People from all over the world even arrived by boat before they were banned.
As you say, these would be quite significant places. They shouldn't be tourist places where people come to see and listen a little. We'll have to find another formula, which I'm already thinking about too.
If people really want to know our story, they need to sit down and listen to us, because we're not going to talk for just five minutes.
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