Wednesday 30 June 2021

Chris Selley: If politicians can't condemn Indigenous church burnings, 'reconciliation' is a pipe dream

Chris Selley: If politicians can't condemn Indigenous church burnings, 'reconciliation' is a pipe dream

At time of writing, exactly one federal party leader has publicly condemned what is now a quite astonishing church-burning epidemic in Indigenous communities in four provinces. In a tweet on Monday, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole called it “appalling,” which it surely is at a bare minimum. Such acts may or may not “undermine the important discussions” with respect to reconciliation, as O’Toole claimed; we don’t yet know who might have set these fires or why.
Read more: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-if-politicians-cant-condemn-indigenous-church-burnings-reconciliation-is-a-pipe-dream?source=Snapzu

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