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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=27568" target="_blank">Ottawa pays $45.6M to lawyers involved in residential school cases</a> (click to view)

<strong>Category:</strong> <a href="/news/topic/14-misc-cdn" target="_blank">Misc CDN</a>
<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=Hyack" target="_blank">Hyack</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2007-11-26 10:26:24
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[ridenrain]

I wonder if Alain Jolicoeur was in charge of Indian affairs when the residential school problems were going on.

[Joe_Stalin]

$1:

Ottawa pays $45.6M to lawyers involved in residential ...

Does that include GST?

[ridenrain]

fer lawyers? phhh.
They probably don't even pay taxes on that.

[Wada]

2002 - 2003
Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and didn't see to it the natives got their money. Not terribly successful here eh?

[martin14]

typical....

[ridenrain]

Not a lot of Liberal involvement here either.
But then, by their concept of "history", this must be Harpers fault anyways.

[sasquatch2]

$1:

Sanderson's lawyer is Regina-based Tony Merchant, who is not among the group that has been paid. Federal officials said Merchant's legal bill, which will be at least $25 million, is still under dispute.

GOOD!

[xerxes]

ridenrain ridenrain:

Not a lot of Liberal involvement here either.
But then, by their concept of "history", this must be Harpers fault anyways.

What's the point? It's yet another one of your CPC circle-jerk threads.

[ridenrain]

xerxes xerxes:

ridenrain ridenrain:

Not a lot of Liberal involvement here either.
But then, by their concept of "history", this must be Harpers fault anyways.

What's the point? It's yet another one of your CPC circle-jerk threads.

Yup.. and it's even got sleazy lawyers getting taxpayers money for screwing around innocent people.

[Biblical_Christian]

The taxpayers didn't say nothing, when Children were being systematically molested, raped, abused. CHILDREN! Screwed up the BUTT! You are totally DISGUSTING! YOU are the lowest of the LOW! YOU taxpayers funded the schools , organisation. CHILDREN were molested, Pedophiles should not be made to forget there disgusting acts. Im talking starting from 7 year olds, 7 YEAR OLDS! You are DISGUSTING!

[ridenrain]

The Indian affairs ministry, and the governments that ran them believed that the best way to deal with the natives was to absorb them into Canadian culture. That was the purpose of the schools but, as with almost everything that department touches, it turned to shit.

It's not fair to blame the taxpayers of the time because few knew and would have supported such a crime. Had they known the revolting extent, I'm sure they would have spoken out, although their protest probably would have been drowned out by a transit strike in Toronto or such.

What was criminal were the people who knew and did nothing. I'm sure the usual people will flood in to circle the wagons but someone must have known and I hope they rot in that special hell.