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Re Federal Government To Declare Statutory Holiday To Mark Residential -School
Legacy (Aug. 15): Considering the complicity the various Christian denominations
played in the residential school debacle, perhaps Easter Monday would be an
appropriate day to commemorate the residential school tragedy.
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Chander Chaddah, Toronto
Although we all deplore the events concerning the treatment of Indigenous peoples,
it is a mistake to declare another statutory holiday. Certainly it would benefit the
federal work force, Crown corporations, banks and eventually workers belonging to
powerful provincial unions.
However, has anyone calculated the cost to our economy?
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Prior to instituting a federal statutory holiday to mark the inexcusable "legacy" of
residential school abuse, the government and Indigenous peoples' leadership, such
as the Assembly of First Nations, need to go much further in educating Canadians
about residential school abuse.
Sadly, the collective conscience of Canadians has not yet fully comprehended what
residential schools were, how they came to be, or the extent of the racially based
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I cannot think of anything more divisive for Canada than for the federal government
to declare a federal -employee holiday to mark the residential school legacy. It is
almost certain that the provinces and the private sector will not modify their labour
practices to add this holiday. With this action, the federal government will be
providing yet another reason for the huge majority of Canadians who are not First
Nations or federal employees to be upset, frustrated, envious or highly irritated with
the few who are.
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John P.A. Budreski, Vancouver
GUNNING FOR A BAN
Re Montreal Set To Press Ottawa For National Handgun Ban (Aug. 15): Politicians
are a pathetic bunch. In one sentence they tell us that we need to legalize drugs,
because the drug ban didn't work. In the next sentence, they would like us to believe
that a handgun ban would somehow be successful. It's crazy what they'll agree to, if
they think it will get them some votes.
Michel Trahan, Maria, Que.
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