Trudeau visits Williams Lake First Nation as burial site search becomes reconciliation priority

At least 4,100 children died at Canadian residential schools (likely much higher); 93 potential unmarked burial sites discovered at Williams Lake location.

In late March, Prime Minister Trudeau traveled to Williams Lake First Nation to bear witness to the discovery of 93 potential burial sites near the former St. Joseph's Mission residential school — a place where children were sent and, too often, did not return. The visit was framed as reconciliation, yet the ground itself complicated that framing: only a fraction of the site had been searched, a neighboring nation declined to attend in protest of exclusion, and the federal government's own minister acknowledged that $320 million pledged for this work would likely fall short. Canada finds itsel

Trudeau visits Williams Lake First Nation as burial site search becomes reconciliation priority

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