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Niki Ashton

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
  • Manitoba
  • Voting Attendance: 61%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $142,937.96

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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • May/30/22 2:50:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been one year since the date of the discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children at the Kamloops residential institution, but not even this shocked the government into action. The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations has admitted it has been too slow. This is a pattern. On clean drinking water, the housing crisis and the calls to justice, it has been too slow. Enough is enough. One year ago, the government blocked my motion calling for support for communities, including bringing in international experts, such as the International Commission on Missing Persons. When will the government do what is needed to help communities bring their children home?
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Context: House Hansard - 61 - Apr/29/22
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • Apr/29/22 11:48:49 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Kamloops, 215; Brandon, 104; Cowessess, 751; Cross Lake, 54. This are just a few of the children discovered in mass graves in residential schools across the country in the last year. So many children still to find, children who were stolen from their homes and families, oftentimes by the RCMP. Now the government wants the very same RCMP to assist in investigations, having given them millions in the budget. Why did the government not just give the money directly to communities that are looking to bring their children home?
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