“I never want to hear one single Liberal pronounce the word ‘reconciliation’ ever again,” said former NDP MP Romeo Saganash on hearing that the federal government is appealing a ruling to compensate First Nations children harmed by the on-reserve child welfare system.
Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015 partly on a pledge that “no relationship was more important” to him than that with Indigenous Canadians.
Yet, the news that the government will seek judicial review on a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to pay $40,000 to each child taken from homes and communities since 2006 suggests devotion to a cause closer to home – his own re-election.
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