Trudeau to announce plan to boost funding for aboriginal education – CTV

July 7, 2015

MONTREAL — National Chief Perry Bellegarde wants First Nations and other Canadians alike to get involved in the federal election campaign and push for reconciliation.

In the first keynote address to the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting, Bellegarde said First Nations voters need to make a point of making themselves heard in polling booths across the country.

The time is right, he says, because the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recent report has captured the attention of Canadians with its description of the residential school legacy as “cultural genocide.”

“As thousands of brave people shared their experiences and spoke the truth, Canadians woke up to a chapter of their history that must be forever remembered and never forgotten,” Bellegarde told an audience of First Nations leaders from across the country.

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