The latest on the U.N. General Assembly meeting (all times local):1:31 p.m.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used his speech at the U.N. General Assembly to talk about the injustices that indigenous people face in his country. Trudeau said Thursday their experience has been one of “humiliation, neglect, and abuse.” It is rare for a Canadian leader to talk about the plight of the country’s indigenous people in a global forum. He spoke of Canada’s former residential schools — government-sponsored religious institutions established to strip aboriginals of their native language and culture. He says his government is taking steps to improve the plight of indigenous people and noted that more than two dozen long-term drinking water advisories in indigenous communities have been eliminated. He also told the General Assembly that the U.N. should follow through on its promise to help victims of a cholera outbreak that U.N. troops from Nepal are widely blamed for introducing.

Source: National Post September 21, 2017 17:07 UTC