By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--July 1, 2021
Cover Story | CFP Comments | Reader Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us
It’s a sad and quiet Canada Day 2021 with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau having ordered the Canadian flag lowered to half mast on Parliament Hill.
The heavily propagandized story of aboriginal children’s bodies having “just been discovered” in forgotten about residential school cemeteries, is spreading like a virus throughout this land, with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) leading the way.
There will be no fireworks, no parades, no singing of the National Anthem, no public gatherings to celebrate the Big Day in city parks and town squares.“In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Trudeau said the move comes “as people across the country continue to honour the Indigenous children whose lives were taken far too soon.” “The prime minister has been facing mounting pressure from communities across Canada to call off Canada Day festivities since the findings were first reported.”Nowhere in any of the stream of stories in the MSM is it ever mentioned that it was Liberal governments who set up the residential schools where so many aboriginal children were buried—and forgotten. Most politicians of the current day are saying they were “shocked” at the news which has been known but not media reported on—for decades.
“On Wednesday, the Lower Kootenay First Nation in British Columbia said a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school.(National Post) “The news follows an announcement made by the Cowessess First Nation, east of Regina last week, in which 751 unmarked graves were uncovered at the former Marieval Indian Residential School.
“In May, the remains of 215 children were also discovered at another former site in Kamloops, B.C. “Victoria, B.C. became the first city to cancel this year’s events, followed by other Kelowna, B.C., Belleville, Ont. and several communities across Saskatchewan. “The most recent include the northern Manitoba town of Churchill as well as the Saskatchewan cities of Melville and Meadow Lake, which announced the fireworks and parade planned for that day wouldn’t go ahead. “Ontario Premier Doug Ford also on Monday asked “Ontarians to reflect over Canada Day on what has taken place.” “On Friday, June 25, Trudeau told reporters that Canada Day should be a time of ‘reflection’ for Canadians in light of the recent discoveries.”Political leaders, including the mayors of many towns and cities, are steadfast in pretending not to know about a 2015 Government Study which lays the blame for the graves squarely where it belongs—on Canadian Liberal governments. Parties in opposition to the Liberal Government are in on the act:
“There is so much grief and trauma from the horrific news of the 215 children’s bodies being found,” opposition New Democratic Party parliament member Charlie Angus said on Twitter, following Trudeau’s order last month. “I am pleased that the Prime Minister has agreed to lower the flags. But this just the beginning. We need answers. We need accountability.” (National Post)Not falling for the media hype is the Real Women of Canada Organization: “The Liberal government ignored the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s 2015 (TRC) Report. Volume 4 of the multi-volume Final Report entitled “Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials”. It is a sobering 286 page (including index) read. Sobering too, is the Report prepared for the TRC by anthropologist, Dr. Scott Hamilton who was retained by the Commission to address the issue of the cemeteries (WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN BURIED?). Both documents have been in the public domain since 2015 when the TRC Report was released. (Real Women of Canada, June 30, 2021) (2015 was also the first year when Trudeau was elected as Canada’s PM). Related: Leaping to Conclusions Without the Facts on the Indigenous Residential Schools Question
Support Canada Free Press
“The TRC clearly stated that “[T]here is a need for the development and implementation of a national strategy for the documentation, maintenance, commemoration, and protection of residential school cemeteries.” (Vol. 4, p. 2) As the TRC notes: “The locations of some of the cemeteries associated with the residential schools are known. The exact location of others is currently unknown, or are incompletely documented in the literature. The location of some cemeteries may even have passed from local memory. (Vol. 4, p. 127) “The exact number of cemeteries is not known. The TRC concluded that “those facilities that opened prior to 1950 are the most likely to have cemeteries.” (Vol. 4, p. 128). “Simply put, the existence of unknown/abandoned cemeteries has been known for years. Most importantly, the TRC made six specific recommendations (Calls to Action) for the federal government to act in respect to the questions of missing children, unmarked graves, and residential school cemeteries (Calls to Action: 71 - 76). “Those six Calls to Action have fallen on the deaf ears of Justin Trudeau and his government. Trudeau has had six years to move forward with the TRC’s recommended framework for addressing the abandoned cemeteries. He pretends to be surprised and shocked at the “discovery” of abandoned cemeteries. If we were not dealing with a subject so tragic to so many of our fellow Canadians, the situation could be described as farcical. “Rather than accept responsibility for his government’s failure to act, Trudeau is now trying to shift blame onto the Roman Catholic Church stating “we expect the Church to step up and take responsibility for its role in this and be there to help in the grieving and the healing .... It’s something we are all still waiting for the Catholic Church to do”.
“In addition, Trudeau’s Minister of Northern Affairs, Dan Vandal, has the insolence to state that ‘religious leaders who operated the residential school system in Canada should be accountable for any crimes committed ... of course they need to be charged ... we need to do all things necessary to achieve justice ... to bring charges forward”. “This inept Liberal government has not only failed to carry out its responsibilities in regard to the TRC recommendations, but also has failed to acknowledge that the federal Department of Indian Affairs was responsible for the residential schools. According to Dr. Hamilton’s review, the department that funded them refused to pay for the costs of the burial of the children who died at the schools, refused to pay the costs of transporting the children to their families, and to maintain the cemeteries. “…According to Dr. Hamilton, not only school children were buried in these cemeteries, but also teachers, their families, and the religious who taught in the schools as well as members of nearby municipalities. The actions of the federal government under the Indian Affairs Department and Trudeau’s liberal government today, have disgraced all Canadians.”(Italics CFP’s)‘Justin Trudeau says Pope Francis should apologize on Canadian soil for church's role in residential schools’ (CBS News, June 29, 2021)
‘Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pope Francis should come to Canada and apologize on behalf of the Catholic Church for its role in running residential schools for Indigenous children, after hundreds of bodies were located in two unmarked graves. “Trudeau said Friday in Ottawa that he spoke with the pope one day after Cowessess First Nation announced that some 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Residential School in Saskatchewan, the Canadian province that borders Montana and North Dakota. "I have spoken personally directly with His Holiness Pope Francis to press upon him how important it is not just that he makes an apology but that he makes an apology to Indigenous Canadians on Canadian soil," Trudeau told reporters.”Pope Francis has purportedly agreed to meet in December with Indigenous survivors of Canada’s residential schools, Sadly, both Pope and Prime Minister being globalists and rumors now rampant that Trudeau will call a snap late-summer federal Election, the pontifical apology on Canadian soil may come to happen.
“Nearly three-quarters of the 130 residential schools were run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations, with others operated by the Presbyterian, Anglican and the United Church of Canada, which today is the largest Protestant denomination in the country. “The government formally apologized for the policy and abuses in 2008. In addition, the Presbyterian, Anglican and United churches have apologized for their roles in the abuse. “The Canadian bishops didn’t mention the demand for a papal apology in the statement, saying only that Francis was “deeply committed to hearing directly from Indigenous peoples.” “It said he had personally invited the delegations of Indigenous and would use the meetings for “expressing his heartfelt closeness, addressing the impact of colonization and the role of the Church in the residential school system, in the hopes of responding to the suffering of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing effects of intergenerational trauma.” "A papal apology was one of 94 recommendations from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but the Canadian bishops conference said in 2018 that the pope could not personally apologize for the residential schools. "Pope Benedict XVI, who retired in 2013, met with some former students and victims in 2009 and told them of his “personal anguish” over their suffering. But he offered no apology. "After last month’s discovery of the 215 bodies, Francis too expressed his pain and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.” But he didn’t offer an apology, either.”Sadly, by the time Canada Day 2021 is over, millions of Canadians will mistakenly have bought into the Big Lie that the Canadian people and Christian churches—the Catholic Church in particular— are responsible for the heartbreak of the indigenous cemetery story. In fact, the blame for the set up of Residential Schools in Canada and what happened to the indigenous children thereafter lies squarely with the Liberal Federal Government.
View Comments