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House Hansard - 263

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 6, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 263 - Dec/6/23
Mr. Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.)
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Madam Speaker, I rise to present a petition today on behalf of over 550 members in my community of Etobicoke Centre and communities across Canada. The petitioners note the fact that, from 1869 to 1948, over 100,000 British children were sent to Canada from Great Britain. These home children often found themselves in indentured servitude on farms or as domestic labourers. Many faced cruel abuse. Today it is thought that more than 10% of Canada's population, about four million Canadians, are descendants of the British home children. The petitioners call on the Prime Minister to apologize to the home children, child migrants, who suffered in shame and isolation; to those who died while being ashamed of their history and deprived of their family; to the elderly survivors burdened by their past; and to the descendants, who are grappling with the intergenerational impacts of a system that mistreated and separated their families.
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