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May 31, 2021

Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement on the discovery of the remains of Indigenous children at a former Kamloops Indian Residential school in British Columbia:

“Our government, alongside Ontario Regional Chief Roseanne Archibald, was shocked and saddened by the discovery of remains of 215 children on the former site of a residential school in Kamloops, B.C. To pay respect to these children, their families, and survivors of Canada's residential school system, Premier Doug Ford has ordered provincial flags to be flown at half-mast for 215 hours, in accordance with a request made today by Sol Mamakwa, the Member of Provincial Parliament for Kiiwetinoong.

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