A survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to show more leadership on reconciliation and pledge additional funding for her community, ahead of a meeting on Monday.
In an interview on Rosemary Barton Live on Sunday, Diena Jules, a Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc elder, said it was “quite disappointing and disheartening” that Trudeau had not met with the First Nation earlier. But she added she was “really glad that he’s coming to pay honour and respect to our loved ones that are buried there.”
Trudeau travelled to Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday and will meet with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation on Monday, holding
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