No bodies found after spending $8 million searching for bodies at Kamloops Residential School
The Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations has confirmed significant spending to try and uncover the "heartbreaking truth" of potential unmarked graves at the Indian Residential School in Kamloops, BC.
However, despite the allocation of $7.9 million for this purpose, no remains have been recovered, and there has been no public disclosure of how the funds were utilized, says Blacklock's Reporter.
Carolane Gratton, spokesperson for the department, confirmed the allocation of $7.9 million for various endeavors including fieldwork, records searches, and securing the Residential School grounds.
However, she redirected inquiries regarding the specifics of initiatives undertaken by the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation to the community.
While the department has not released financial accounts under the Access To Information Act, the First Nation has also remained tight-lipped about the utilization of the funds. In a statement, they reiterated their focus on the scientific work required but declined to discuss the $7.9 million allocation.
The 2021 funding was designated to document the "heartbreaking truth" about unmarked burials at Residential Schools, as outlined in a 2022 department briefing note. Despite this, no tangible progress has been made, leaving the fate of the allocated funds undisclosed.
The announcement of the discovery of 215 children's graves at the Kamloops Residential School site by the First Nation in 2021 prompted an international outcry.
However, despite this revelation, no remains have been recovered to date. The government's response included lowering the Peace Tower flag for 161 days, allocating $3.1 million for a national Residential Schools Student Death Register, and earmarking $238.8 million for a Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund, which expires in 2025.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau previously highlighted the significance of acknowledging the present-day impact of residential schools, stating, "What happened decades ago isn’t part of our history, it is an irrefutable part of our present."
The lack of transparency regarding the allocation and utilization of funds, coupled with the absence of tangible progress in uncovering the truth about residential school burials, has raised concerns about accountability and the need for greater transparency in addressing the legacy of Residential Schools in Canada.
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UN Climate Summit blocks Rebel News — again
Sheila Gunn Reid discusses how the United Nations refused to allow Rebel News into its climate change conference in Brazil despite an email claiming Rebel News was accredited.
The United Nations climate conference in Belém, Brazil, is underway — and, in true UN fashion, it took all of ten minutes for the hypocrisy to hit us in the face.
For the first time in nine years, Rebel News was officially accredited to enter the conference grounds. We got the approval emails. We got our work visas. We flew half way around the world. We went to pick up our badges. Then the bureaucrats did what UN bureaucrats always do when a climate heretic gets too close: they found a problem.
Suddenly, our accreditation “didn’t allow” us inside the main venue — the pavilions, media rooms, and meeting halls packed with activists, diplomats, and 55,000 carbon-burning delegates who flew halfway around the world to lecture ordinary people about their energy use.
But somehow, we were ...
