It’s meant to ease community’s concerns about jurisdictional wrangling between the two governments, officials say
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The Quebec and federal governments are appointing a point person to help the province’s Indigenous communities get answers on former residential schools.
The announcement of a one-stop shop to help Indigenous communities comes following the discovery of the remains of what are believed to be 215 Indigenous children found buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site in British Columbia.Mr. Lafrenière was joined for today’s announcement by federal counterparts Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller. All sides said more resources could be added as needed.
That could include helping them uncover documents, secure sites and obtain resources to conduct physical searches or organize commemoration ceremonies.
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