Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s not an isolated incident that over 200 children were found buried at a former Indigenous residential schoolTORONTO -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday it ’s not an isolated incident that over 200 children were found buried at a former Indigenous residential school. Trudeau’s comments come as Indigenous leaders are calling for an examination of every former residential school site — institutions that held children taken from families across the nation. She described the discovery as “an unthinkable loss that was spoken about but never documented” at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, the largest such school in the country. “As prime minister, I am appalled by the shameful policy that stole Indigenous children from their communities,” Trudeau said. Residential schools were a reality — a tragedy that existed here, in our country, and we have to own up to it.

Source: ABC News May 31, 2021 16:52 UTC