"After eight years of litigation, New Democrats welcome this landmark decision of the Superior Court of Justice in favour of the 16,000 Indigenous children in Ontario who were harmed by being placed in non-Indigenous homes from 1965 to 1984 under terms of a federal-provincial agreement.
As Justice Edward Belobaba rightly recognized, Canada failed to take reasonable steps to prevent these children who were placed with non-Indigenous families from losing their Indigenous culture and heritage.
New Democrats believe that the government had and always will have a fiduciary duty to protect Indigenous culture and languages. We were disappointed to see the liberal government deny this duty in court and continue Harper’s adversary legal tactics.
We will ensure that the government respect its promise to let the class action move forward so that we can finally move towards reconciliation. Sixties scoop survivors have waited long enough.�
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NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.
NDP Heritage Critic Peter Julian issued the following statement:
“Today’s announcement by Hockey Canada is another attempt to delay the important and urgent work to deal with the toxic culture in this organization. While a former Supreme Court Justice is a credible appointment to conduct the review into Hockey Canada, this won’t be the first time the organization undergoes this process.
NDP critic for Canadian Heritage, Peter Julian, made the following statement:
“Canadians are horrified by the incidents of sexual assault and by what they’re hearing from Hockey Canada. They are left with many questions about how this toxic culture is allowed to persist in our sports organizations and what the government is actually doing to ensure this doesn’t happen again.