Should Parliament Recognize The School System As Genocide Poll

Photo: The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick Leah Gazan stands up during question period in the House of Commons in 2021. The federal NDP MP says she hopes all her colleagues will now recognize what happened inside residential schools as genocide, after the system was recently labeled as such by Pope Francis. A New Democrat MP said on Tuesday she hopes all her colleagues will now recognize the school system as genocide now that Pope Francis has used the term. Leah Gazan, who represents Winnipeg Centre, tried last year to get unanimous consent from MPs in the House of Commons to pressure the Canadian government to label what unfolded inside residential schools as genocide. Her proposal referred to the United Nations Genocide Convention adopted in 1948, which defines genocide as the killing of members of a group, causing serious physical or mental harm, placing them in conditions of destruction, imposing measures to prevent births or the forcible transfer of children to another group. Ghazan said at the time that Canada’s residential school policy met all five criteria, but some voices in the House of Commons said “no,” so her motion requiring unanimous consent failed. “Continuously having the experience of residential school survivors being discussed is another act of violence,” Ghazan said in an interview Tuesday. “We have to be careful.” The final 2015 report by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called what happened inside the schools a “cultural genocide,” but some indigenous leaders have since said it should be called genocide, without the distinctive adjective. During his six-day visit to Canada last week, Pope Francis apologized several times for the “badness” of what happened inside residential schools. But it was only when the Pope was asked about it by reporters on the flight back to Rome that he said he considered it genocide. Francis said he felt “genocide” was a technical term when asked why he didn’t say it in Canada. read more Do you have an opinion? Send it to [email protected] July 30, 2022 – 13856 votes Would you get the smallpox vaccine if offered? Yes: 2290 No: 10233 Uncertain: 1333 July 28, 2022 – 6972 votes Have you changed your long-term weekend plans because of the extreme heat? Yes: 1411 No: 5424 Uncertain: 137 July 27, 2022 – 7938 votes Does Telecom in Canada Need More Regulation? Yes: 5607 No: 1692 Uncertain: 639 July 26, 2022 – 7818 votes Is it ‘desecration’ with a Canadian flag over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Yes: 1965 No: 4964 Uncertain: 889 July 25, 2022 – 8810 votes Did the Pope’s apology for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools go far enough? Yes: 4628 No: 2975 Uncertain: 1207

title: “Should Parliament Recognize The School System As Genocide Poll " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-09” author: “Lee Gabriel”

Photo: The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick Leah Gazan stands up during question period in the House of Commons in 2021. The federal NDP MP says she hopes all her colleagues will now recognize what happened inside residential schools as genocide, after the system was recently labeled as such by Pope Francis. A New Democrat MP said on Tuesday she hopes all her colleagues will now recognize the school system as genocide now that Pope Francis has used the term. Leah Gazan, who represents Winnipeg Centre, tried last year to get unanimous consent from MPs in the House of Commons to pressure the Canadian government to label what unfolded inside residential schools as genocide. Her proposal referred to the United Nations Genocide Convention adopted in 1948, which defines genocide as the killing of members of a group, causing serious physical or mental harm, placing them in conditions of destruction, imposing measures to prevent births or the forcible transfer of children to another group. Ghazan said at the time that Canada’s residential school policy met all five criteria, but some voices in the House of Commons said “no,” so her motion requiring unanimous consent failed. “Continuously having the experience of residential school survivors being discussed is another act of violence,” Ghazan said in an interview Tuesday. “We have to be careful.” The final 2015 report by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called what happened inside the schools a “cultural genocide,” but some indigenous leaders have since said it should be called genocide, without the distinctive adjective. During his six-day visit to Canada last week, Pope Francis apologized several times for the “badness” of what happened inside residential schools. But it was only when the Pope was asked about it by reporters on the flight back to Rome that he said he considered it genocide. Francis said he felt “genocide” was a technical term when asked why he didn’t say it in Canada. read more Do you have an opinion? Send it to [email protected] July 30, 2022 – 13863 votes Would you get the smallpox vaccine if offered? Yes: 2291 No: 10239 Uncertain: 1333 July 28, 2022 – 6972 votes Have you changed your long-term weekend plans because of the extreme heat? Yes: 1411 No: 5424 Uncertain: 137 July 27, 2022 – 7938 votes Does Telecom in Canada Need More Regulation? Yes: 5607 No: 1692 Uncertain: 639 July 26, 2022 – 7818 votes Is it ‘desecration’ with a Canadian flag over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Yes: 1965 No: 4964 Uncertain: 889 July 25, 2022 – 8810 votes Did the Pope’s apology for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools go far enough? Yes: 4628 No: 2975 Uncertain: 1207