{"id":56480,"date":"2015-07-20T22:04:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=56480"},"modified":"2015-07-21T02:14:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T18:14:03","slug":"petition-calls-for-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-to-be-election-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/20\/petition-calls-for-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-to-be-election-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition calls for Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be election issue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WINNIPEG — A petition that calls on all political parties to incorporate the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into their election platforms has more than 1,200 signatures.<\/p>\n

The petition, which is spearheaded by three professors at the University of Manitoba, calls it a “crucial moment in Canadian history.”<\/p>\n

It calls on governments of all levels to recognize the harm done by Indian residential schools and acknowledge their “genocidal character.”<\/p>\n

The petition notes the work that went into the commission and calls on all Canadians to reflect deeply on its findings.<\/p>\n

The commission visited hundreds of communities and heard testimony from 7,000 residential school survivors, including graphic details of rampant sexual and physical abuse.<\/p>\n

Its summary report contained 94 recommendations that included holding a national inquiry on missing and murdered aboriginal women.<\/p>\n

“We have a duty to ensure that in light of its recommendations, Canada is transformed in such a way that justice for (and with) aboriginal peoples and nations is achieved,” the petition reads.<\/p>\n

Andrew Woolford, a sociology professor at the University of Manitoba who helped draft the petition, said it has been signed by Canadians from every province and territory — as well as others around the globe — and is ready to be sent to all political parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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