“European nations, followed by the new government of ‘Canada,’ imposed its own laws, institutions, and cultures on Indigenous Peoples while occupying their lands. The MMIWG report has employed a different approach than we have seen in civil rights struggles across the world. The report is not shy about hiding its frustration — exasperated anger actually — that the previous promises of reform have failed. It is understandable that the commissioners may have concluded that a different, more condemnatory, approach is required. They will largely not recognize the portrait painted by the inquiry report.

Source: National Post June 07, 2019 16:52 UTC