Community Response

The New Democratic Party leader, the Honourable Jack Layton, called on Canadians to help:

                            "...reverse the horrifc and shameful statistics afflicting Aboriginal populations, now; the high rates of                              poverty, suicide, the poor or having no education, overcrowding, crumbling housing, and unsafe schools receive the recognition and compensation that is due to them."

In 2022, the Residential School situation was officially deemed a genocide. The Government of Canada made apologies, and set up a plan to prevent, repair and reconcile for the horrific atrocities of these schools. Below are 4 Themed categories of Government funding versus the actual amount spent. The themes are named as follows:

                                                       Theme A - Addressing missing children and burial information. 

                                                       Theme B - Commemoration and education;

                                                       Theme C - Supporting communities and survivors;

                                                       Theme D - Sustained and streamlined support for reconciliation initiatives.

 

Government Allocated Funding for 2024-25

Theme A                   $313,964,018

Theme B                   $63,117,808

Theme C                   $644,752,801

Theme D                   $102,655,242

 

Total Allocated           $1,124,489,869

Government Planned Spending for 2024-25

Theme A                  $63,566,023

Theme B                  $13,256,227

Theme C                  $0

Theme D                  $17,671,535

 

Total Spent              $94,493,785

Government Actual Spending for 2024-25

Theme A                  $63,840,276

Theme B                  $13,246,767

Theme C                  $194,553,499

Theme D                  $12,470,628

 

Total                        $283,111,170

Additional Supports

Trauma informed Health and Cultural Support Program (TIHCSP) ia a demand-driven program designed to support the mental health of Indigenous people impacted by colonial sources of trauma, such as Residential Schools. 

The Government of Canada announced additional investments to support Indigenous community-led work. These supports included:

  • Work surrounding burial sites
  • Commemoration activities
  • Construction of a national residential schools monument to honour survivors and children who did not return home
  • Essential mental health services
  • Cultural and emotional services to support healing from intergenerational trauma
  • Rehabilitation of existing residential school buildings on and off-reserve

Further to the supports above, the RCMP developed and delivered 16 training sessions to law enforcement agencies and Indigenous communities nationwide, increasing awareness of the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (NCMPUR) services.  

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