Quebec open to searching residential school sites for possible graves

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Quebec’s Indigenous Affairs Minister says the province is open to searching residential school sites for graves following discovery at former Kamloops site

in British Columbia has prompted a fresh wave of scrutiny of the treatment of Indigenous people across Canada, and Lafreniere says Quebec must confront its own role in that history.He says he has seen no evidence that there are unmarked graves on the grounds of the six former residential schools that operated in the province, but he cannot exclude the possibility.

His government has already tabled a bill that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died in health-care facilities to access information about their loved ones. Lafreniere said the government isn’t ruling out any potential actions in the future to ensure Indigenous families get answers, including holding a public inquiry if necessary.

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Every residential school site should be searched in all provinces.

Same thing is still happening with new immigrants who are anglophones

It’s not up to them the RCMP should be doing it in every residential school in Canada. No delays.

The thing is they had better or canada said it will relinquish Quebec to the natives due to the amount of lands that are Native. That was an underlying threat

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