The damage done to indigenous people by the residential schools was enormous and the effects will take generations, and lots of effort and resources to repair. There are no quick fixes. This law allows the liberals to appear to be doing something without them actually having to do something. Burnishing their progressive credentials, whether it be on environmental policy, voting reform or indigenous rights, and then not following through with concrete action is par for the course.
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !canada@lemmy.ca
The damage done to indigenous people by the residential schools was enormous and the effects will take generations, and lots of effort and resources to repair. There are no quick fixes. This law allows the liberals to appear to be doing something without them actually having to do something. Burnishing their progressive credentials, whether it be on environmental policy, voting reform or indigenous rights, and then not following through with concrete action is par for the course.