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SLOBODIAN: Canadians were wrongfully shamed, then shamelessly bilked (Western Standard)

 ... Initially, $8 million was allocated to the BC First Nation to produce evidence of child remains. The money was intended for things like field work, records searches, and to secure the residential school grounds. According to minutes of a 2021 council meeting, the “budget is robust and comprehensive but what is required.” Now we learn it wasn’t quite robust enough. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government actually poured an obscene $12.1 million into the band’s coffers to recover suspected children’s graves, according to Blacklock’s Reporter . Tk’emlups dramatically announced in 2021 that it had discovered 215 children’s graves. Then the claim was tempered down to maybe 200 “potential burials.” And $12.1 million later the truth still hangs in limbo ... CLICK HERE for the full story

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