Canada failed in its duty, Trudeau says as parliament holds special debate on residential school mass grave

Trudeau called the residential school system part of \u0027a larger colonial policy designed to erase language and culture,\u0027 but stopped short of calling it a…

Trudeau called the residential school system part of 'a larger colonial policy designed to erase language and culture,' but stopped short of calling it a genocide.

Trudeau called the residential school system part of 'a larger colonial policy designed to erase language and culture,' but stopped short of calling it a genocide

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