The Stephen Harper government was exploring ways to have Canadian military trainers work with Afghan security forces in Russia as part of a wider plan to significantly downgrade Canadian involvement in Afghanistan and shift focus to the rebuilding of Haiti, according to “confidential “U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by APTN National News.
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was in Yellowknife Thursday.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s second national event is approaching. The week-long gathering is taking place this June in Inuvik, NWT. Over 1,000 residential school survivors and their families are expected to attend.
Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Marie Wilson talks to APTN National News about the experiences of young women forced to attend residential schools
A cabinet shuffle in British Columbia has brought in a new minister of Aboriginal relations and reconciliation.
The Conservative government’s continued attack against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the international stage reflects their reluctance to follow through on a promise to partially endorse the document at home, says the NDP’s Aboriginal affairs critic.
The federal government is still examining “how to best formalize” its endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but appears to stand by its position outlined during debates last week at the UN Human Rights Council that collective rights to not equate to human rights.
Canada’s most recent positioning during UN debates on indigenous peoples rights has left one of the main players with the commission delving into the dark history of residential schools wondering if he can ever reconcile with this country.
An elite British Columbia private school is facing a human rights complaint from an Indian residential school survivor who alleges the institution did little after she faced a racist barrage from a manager who said “all Indians are dirty filthy pigs.”
