OTTAWA June 2, 2015 – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Saanich – Gulf Islands) issued the following statement regarding today’s report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission:

“Today, we pause and listen to the intergenerational survivors of Canada’s Residential School System. Their stories, collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and presented today, describe the abuses endured by thousands of innocent children – torn from their families, their language and their culture.  This abuse took place in school systems administered and funded by the Canadian government in partnership with Christian churches. Thousands of these children died in the care of institutions that were inured to their crimes. The Canadian governmen ...