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House Hansard - 165

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
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Mr. Speaker, the Tseshaht First Nation has shared its partial research findings into the horrific deaths of children at the Alberni Indian Residential School, which operated on its lands, without consent, for almost 80 years. Seventeen suspected unmarked graves have been identified through ground-penetrating radar. The community also confirmed that at least 67 students died while at the school. The nation has made calls for truth and justice, including funding to complete this research, the removal of the remaining building and replace it with a healing and cultural centre. Will the Prime Minister honour the Tseshaht calls for truth and justice?
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