An NDP bid calling on the government to recognize the residential school experience as genocide has been rejected in the House of Commons. "It is unfortunate that parliamentarians continue to deny the genocide that occurred in residential schools," Gazan said. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's office pointed to a comment O'Toole made last week acknowledging the residential school experience as cultural genocide. #WeSeeYou pic.twitter.com/FaX0LAJqyE —@LeahGazanDebate continues over use of wordSome experts disagree with using the word genocide to describe the residential school era. She pointed to the forced transfer of children from their families to residential schools as an example of a genocidal act.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2021 22:13 UTC