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OTTAWA – Some quotes about the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on native residential schools:
“The residential school experience is one of the darkest, most troubling chapters in our collective history.” — Justice Murray Sinclair, the commission chairman, in his final remarks on the report.
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onal and mental abuse.” — Sinclair.
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“We have described for you a mountain. We have shown you the path to the top. We call upon you to do the climbing.” — Sinclair.
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“We must be mindful that a process that will be as long and complicated as the reconciliation of seven generations of inequity will require stewardship, study and ongoing attention.” — commissioner Marie Wilson.
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“To my fellow survivors here in the room, those watching elsewhere, and those who could not join us today, I cannot give enough thanks to you. Thank you for your courage and bravery throughout this whole journey.” — commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild.
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“So, there was a lot of tears. That train I want to call that train of tears.” — survivor Larry Beardy, quoted in the report, telling of a rail journey from his home in Churchill, Man., to an Anglican residential school in Dauphin, Man.
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