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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 - 51 - Apr/1/22
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • Apr/1/22 11:03:59 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, our country has lost a champion. Elder Raymond Mason passed away peacefully on March 20. Dr. Mason was a member of Peguis First Nation. He was a residential school survivor. Raymond spent three decades fighting for justice for residential school survivors and launched a class action lawsuit that resulted in a historic settlement in 2009. His work remains unfinished. Elder Mason lamented how the original settlement left communities behind and, until the end of his life, continued to fight for survivors to be recognized and compensated. He is survived by his wife Rhoda, his children, stepchildren, grandkids, step-grandkids and every life he touched and fought for. Over the last number of years we have lost many survivors. Their children and grandchildren are carrying on their calls for justice and so must we. We must support communities seeking to search the grounds of the residential schools imposed on them to bring their children home. We must ensure communities have the resources they need to accomplish this work. There must be truth for there to be reconciliation.
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