“Many residents felt the stigma of being ‘Home children’ followed them at school and in the broader community,” the 17-page report released Friday said. “Residents felt they had no safe outlet to tell anyone what they were experiencing without fear of further harm,” the report said. “This is a novel approach to a commission of inquiry,” she said, noting it was the first restorative approach to a public inquiry. Indeed, the inquiry found that racism in Nova Scotia continues to breed mistrust and sometimes even fear of public agencies. George Gray, a community representative with the inquiry, said confronting racism in Nova Scotia has been a “long time coming.”“This is a long process.

Source: National Post January 12, 2018 13:48 UTC