EDMONTON—As Premier Rachel Notley delivered a historic apology to Sixties Scoop survivors Monday, Mary Jane Mitchelle held her face in her hands and wept. Sixties Scoop survivor Judith Gale is comforted by indigenous elder Taz Bouchier at a rally for Sixties Scoop survivors outside the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. Premier Rachel Notley made an apology to Sixties Scoop survivors on Monday. Minister of Children’s Services Danielle Larivee echoed Notley’s sentiment, saying, “reconciliation means actually listening to and working with our Indigenous communities as partners. We start out that way because of our circumstance,” she said, saying Sixties Scoop survivors were a “missing link” on the path to reconciliation.

Source: thestar May 28, 2018 20:24 UTC