From optimism to disgust in the time it takes to remove a headdress

By Winnipeg Free Press | Opinion | August 26th 2022

Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair on the 2015 secret deal between the Harper government and Catholic leaders to discharge the church from its legal obligation to raise $25M for residential school survivors.

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It’s been a month since Pope Francis visited Canada to apologize for the church’s role in residential schools.

There’s been much goodwill. Good words. Big promises for changes by bishops and priests. The Pope even wore a headdress. Some might even call it a moment of reconciliation between the Catholic Church and Indigenous Peoples.

Well, that was fun while it lasted.

The fact is that the Catholic Church continues to lie, cheat and negotiate backroom deals to deny compensation to residential school survivors. Little has changed beyond the Pope wearing a headdress and a well-publicized public relations tour of Canada.

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August 26th 2022

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David Huntley |

The link to the Winnipeg Free Press gets me there, but the article itself seems to be unavailable. Same for the other WFP article on electric buses.

Penny Oyama |

It's really too bad that papers like WFP must do this! (blast capitalism one more time !!!) I guess it depends on your device (??) - I've tapped on the link several times and have gotten access to the whole article each time.