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View Christine Normandin Profile
BQ (QC)
View Christine Normandin Profile
2021-06-01 19:39 [p.7789]
Madam Chair, I thank my colleague for her speech.
Given the topic we are discussing, I have no desire to ask her a political question. Instead, I want to ask her a philosophical question.
During the recent crisis we went through, my leader talked about having a nation-to-nation discussion. Right now, however, one nation is staggering under the weight of the history it carries on its back, while the other nation has its head down, eyes lowered in shame.
Does my colleague hope that one day, these two nations be able to stand tall and proudly look each other in the eye?
View Leah Gazan Profile
NDP (MB)
View Leah Gazan Profile
2021-06-01 19:39 [p.7789]
Madam Chair, in order to function nation to nation, at the very least we have to respect each other's human rights. Right now, this very day, the government continues to fight against the human rights of indigenous people on a daily basis. Our human rights are up for debate. It is about respect. If we do not build respect in truth while upholding our Constitution, which includes aboriginal rights and title and which includes international conventions that support and lift up human rights, it will be difficult to develop a respectful nation-to-nation relationship.
View Rachel Blaney Profile
NDP (BC)
Madam Chair, I rise on a point of order. I want to acknowledge that tonight we are having a debate that is extremely emotional, We are all doing the best we can, as we hold the burden of these beautiful children in our hearts. However, I want to note that the leader of the NDP stood and gave a speech. Hands were up, but no questions were asked of our leader. I wonder if we could return—
View Matthew Green Profile
NDP (ON)
View Matthew Green Profile
2021-06-01 19:42 [p.7790]
Madam Chair, I rise on a point of order. For the purpose of this discussion, if we are splitting time within our party and the first speaker does not have anybody recognized, does that question period time not get allotted to the second speaker, given that we are sharing the slot? Should we not have additional time set for, at the very least, the member for Winnipeg Centre to have the remainder of this round completed?
I understood that if we are splitting time within our party—
View Garnett Genuis Profile
CPC (AB)
Madam Chair, I rise on a point of order. I know we are keen to get back to the debates, so the simplest way to resolve this would be to propose unanimous consent to revert to questions and comments for the leader of the NDP. We can do anything by unanimous consent. I think there were good intentions all around, but if there is unanimous consent to do those five minutes of questions now, that would allow us to proceed.
View Mumilaaq Qaqqaq Profile
NDP (NU)
View Mumilaaq Qaqqaq Profile
2021-06-01 19:44 [p.7790]
Madam Chair, when listening to hon. members, we are all thinking heavily about what they are talking about. We are talking about 215 children and babies, but we are also talking about 215 parents. We are talking about communities. We are talking about generations that have been affected.
Who knows how many more children's bodies would be found if we searched every single site. This is not a discovery, but confirmation. Indigenous people have been talking about bodies buried at these school sites for decades, not just at these known sites either but other sites that are not considered residential schools and clearly should be. This is asked for explicitly in the TRC calls to action.
At the pace the government is going, roughly two calls to action per year, we will not be finished until 2062. The Prime Minister will be 91 by then.
Could the member speak to the lethargic pace of the action on the TRC calls to action and what it means to have these actions delayed for indigenous peoples and indigenous communities across the country?
View Jagmeet Singh Profile
NDP (BC)
View Jagmeet Singh Profile
2021-06-01 19:46 [p.7790]
Madam Chair, we often hear the saying, “Justice delayed, is justice denied.” With respect to the calls to action, 12 of 94 have been accomplished. This is an absolute denial of justice. We need to take this moment now, when we are feeling horror, sadness and pain at the discovery of these young children in this grave, and do something for justice.
Let us use this moment, in honour of those lives that were lost, to fight for justice now. We cannot bring those lives back, but we certainly can fight for justice now. We can implement the calls to action. Words are not good enough. We need actions, we need to implement justice and we need to do it now.
View Cathy McLeod Profile
CPC (BC)
Madam Chair, the government has indicated that $33.8 million have been made available with respect to calls to action 71 to 76, but $27.1 million still remains, so it is mostly unspent.
If we want to facilitate moving forward on those calls to action, does the member have any awareness as to what the problem is? Has the process become encumbered? Clearly some financial resources have been set aside for that purpose.
View Jagmeet Singh Profile
NDP (BC)
View Jagmeet Singh Profile
2021-06-01 19:47 [p.7790]
Madam Chair, the question comes down to why are the calls to action not being implemented. The only answer I can think of is because of a lack of political will. The government has had a majority. It has had the power to do so.
At this point, as leader of the New Democratic Party, I am committed to any legislation that would bring forward any steps to implement the calls to action. I am ready to make that happen. The only thing I see with respect to a barrier in bringing in the calls to action is that the Liberal government does not want to do its job. That is the sad reality.
We are committed to make it happen. We are ready and willing to pass any legislation required. We need to see the government do more than just talk about it, but actually implement the changes required to put in place justice, to bring forward justice.
View Paul Manly Profile
GP (BC)
View Paul Manly Profile
2021-06-01 19:48 [p.7790]
Madam Chair, this was not surprising at all. As horrific as the news is, anybody who has been paying attention has known about this for a long time.
My question relates to another set of institutions that were across the country. We had one right here in Nanaimo, the Nanaimo Indian Hospital. I have done a film. I have interviewed elders about experimental medication, experimental dental practices, experimental medical practices. This was on a former Department of National Defence site, which the Snuneymuxw First Nation is wanting to get back. It and has been delayed for 20 years. Crown Indigenous Relations needs to get this land turned over to Snuneymuxw First Nation as soon as possible.
What does the hon. member think about having documentation from these Indian hospitals released so this can be examined as well? It was not only residential schools; the Indian hospital system has an appalling and horrific track record.
View Jagmeet Singh Profile
NDP (BC)
View Jagmeet Singh Profile
2021-06-01 19:50 [p.7790]
Madam Chair, the member has raised another issue. There are countless examples, systemic in nature, of the clear steps taken by Canada, by the Canadian government, to oppress, to eliminate and exterminate indigenous people. There is no other way to put it. Those are the facts. That is what we see in evidence.
We need to expose the injustice. We need to work toward remedying the injustice that can remedied now. We need to support indigenous communities in the pursuit of the truth and of discovering additional sites. We need to work in partnership with indigenous communities that want to uncover other information about the harms suffered. We need to work in collaboration with indigenous communities to expose every and all systemic abuse that was perpetrated toward indigenous people.
View Dan Vandal Profile
Lib. (MB)
Madam Chair, I will be sharing my time with the Minister of Indigenous Services. I also want to acknowledge that I am speaking to the House from my office in Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, in the city of Winnipeg, homeland of the Métis nation, Treaty 1 territory, a city that is now home to many Inuit.
The discovery of the remains of 215 children, 215 young lives tragically lost is a reminder of the consequences of colonialism for indigenous people and their communities. We must never forget the victims. We must never forget the children who were sent to these schools, those who came home and those who never did.
Still today, too many Canadians lack awareness about the tragedy of the residential school system and the systemic way indigenous children were taken from their families in the attempt to “kill the Indian in the child.” Children were forcibly taken from their homes with the aim of destroying indigenous people's spirituality and individual cultures.
Residential schooling followed a unique trajectory in the north. By the 1950s, there were six residential schools and one hostel north of the 60 parallel. In the 1950s, Inuit children began attending these institutions in large numbers. The tremendous distances that children had to travel to school meant that very often these children were separated from their parents not for weeks, not for months but literally for years.
The establishment of these schools and what were termed “small hostels” in over a dozen communities in the eastern Arctic contributed to a dramatic transformation of the Inuit economy and way of life. Many Inuit parents decided to settle in the communities where their children attended school on a year-round basis, so they could remain close to their kids.
Generations of Canadians have not known the truth of residential school systems. It is important that the House and Canadians not only call this historic, in the past; it is an ongoing situation and many people suffer intergenerational trauma. Families were destroyed. Children never came home. To call this historic actually diminishes the pain and the suffering faced by indigenous people today throughout Canada.
During the Truth and Reconciliation Commission testimony, thousands of survivors came out of the shadows to share their heartbreaking residential school experiences. Cast aside and shunned from the public view for far too long, these stories came into the light. We must honour the survivors who are able to tell their stories. We must certainly honour those who will never get that chance.
I continue to think of survivors, my friends, my community, the families of those who have never returned, as they learned of this heartbreaking news. Canada will provide, must provide the needed resources to support them on their healing journey. In the coming months, our government will be working with survivors, with their families, communities and other partners to locate, identify and memorialize the missing children in their burial places.
For a long time, Canada's Arctic and northern residents, especially indigenous peoples, have not had the same services, the same opportunities, the same standards of living as those enjoyed by other Canadians. There are long-standing inequalities in transportation, communication, employment, housing and education.
Reconciliation must be a collective journey. Together, we must create a new path forward with dignity in a true spirit of reconciliation.
View Cathy McLeod Profile
CPC (BC)
Madam Chair, again, I appreciate my colleague's speech. We are all rocked by the tragic and horrific discovery of 215 children in the mass burial.
I know that for calls to action 71 to 76, there were significant dollars allocated for moving forward. There is, I believe, about $27 million remaining. Would the minister commit to supporting Tk’emlúps te Secwe?pemc in the forensic work that needs to be done, and making sure that the dollars flow in a timely way so that the people can move forward on this important path?
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