Kathleen Wynne says federal response to residential school study ‘disappointing’ – Toronto Star

Jun 06 2015

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 recommendations Tuesday along with a summary of its conclusions, including its description of a “cultural genocide” and the estimated deaths of more than 6,000 children.

COLLINGWOOD, ONT.—The Harper government fell short in its response to the aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Premier Kathleen Wynne said as her provincial Liberals prepare to help their federal cousins in a fall election.

“I think it’s disappointing,” Wynne said Saturday of Ottawa’s reaction to a damning report last week that described deplorable treatment of aboriginal children in residential schools as a “cultural genocide” replete with deaths, physical and sexual abuse.Commission chair Justice Murray Sinclair made 94 recommendations in his preliminary report, including a complete overhaul of relations with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.

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