January 24, 2012 - The Harper ‘apology’: Residential schools and Bill C-10

What it will would follow, and the Truth and Reconciliation do is needlessly increase the number of people in Commission was seen to be a first step in the prison, while producing skyrocketing costs and process of healing and moving forward. [...] states that “Social and economic disadvantage has In Manitoba, where the Aboriginal population been found to be strongly associated with crime.” is approaching 15%, 70% of those in custody The rate of poverty for Aboriginal people in are Aboriginal, according to the Manitoba Canada far exceeds the rate for non-Aboriginal Governments own data. [...] The rate of Aboriginal poverty has increased in Canada and especially in the Prairie in 2006 was 29%, almost three times the overall provinces. [...] aged 15 and over in Manitoba was $15, 246 —63% The Harper apology did not wipe away of the median income of $24,194 of the overall the damage done by residential schools and population. [...] This must include up less than 13% of the work age population, investment in the long-term healing of Aboriginal Aboriginal people represent over 30% of the total and non-Aboriginal people through decolonization unemployed in Manitoba.