By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase Local, provincial and national Indigenous leaders from across the country have come together to denounce Residential School denialist remarks from Peoples Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier last week. Bernier took to social media on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, saying that the \u201cresidential schools \u2018genocide\u2019 is a hoax.\u201d In response, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) released a statement on October 1, condemning Bernier and requesting that he retract his statement while issuing a formal apology to Survivors. \u201cMr. Bernier’s comments are not only false \u2014 they are violent,\u201d Nadia Robertson, co-spokesperson for the AFNQL Council of Elected Women, said. \u201cThey dishonour the memory of the missing children, insult Survivors, and reopen wounds that still affect our communities.\u201d… <\/p>\n
By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase Local, provincial and national Indigenous leaders from across the country have come together to denounce Residential School denialist remarks from Peoples Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier last week. Bernier took to social media on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, saying that the \u201cresidential schools \u2018genocide\u2019 is a hoax.\u201d In response, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) released a statement on October 1, condemning Bernier and requesting that he retract his statement while issuing a formal apology to Survivors. \u201cMr. Bernier’s comments are not only false \u2014 they are violent,\u201d Nadia Robertson, co-spokesperson for the AFNQL Council of Elected Women, said. \u201cThey dishonour the memory of the missing children, insult Survivors, and reopen wounds that still affect our communities.\u201d... <\/p>\n