Marcus Powlowski at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On June 3rd, 2021. See this statement in context.

June 3rd, 2021 / 11:40 a.m.

Liberal

Marcus Powlowski Liberal Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON

Thanks.

I listened to a statement by former senator Sinclair about the Kamloops discovery. One of the things he stated was that when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was having its hearings, I guess at the end it requested more money to look specifically into deaths in residential schools. That was denied.

This was a number of years ago, but can you say why that was denied? Would the government and the ministry reconsider this, should the indigenous community want to do it at this point?

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