Mr. Speaker, a good way to move forward, a good concrete action, would be to recognize that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is right, that this was an attempt at cultural genocide.
It affected 150,000 children. They were subjected to horrible and depraved physical and sexual abuse, and 6,000 of them died.
Residential schools left their mark on seven generations of aboriginal children, but to this day, aboriginal children receive 30% less than other Canadian children.
Would the Prime Minister accept such a thing for his own children?