Over at the birdsite, #YuanYiZhu asks the follow-up question: "Does that mean Jean Chrétien (Minister of Indian Affairs, 1968—74) stands trial at The Hague? Or does he still get a state funeral? How does this thing work?"

https://twitter.com/yuanyi_z/status/1586010687343857666

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"Under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the Liberals opened new residential schools, while pushing a white paper that threatened to eliminate Indian status. Why aren’t Canadians tearing down and cancelling his statues and removing his name from streets and buildings?"

I've often wondered why we don't ask more questions about #Indian #ResidentialSchools in the recent past. #JeanChrétien is still alive, and he was the minister responsible in the 1970s...

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-sankey-why-as-an-indigenous-canadian-i-will-be-voting-conservative-in-the-next-election

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More on #JeanChrétien and #ResidentialSchools . I hope this gets a full accounting, while M. Chrétien is still alive to present his side of the story.

Chrétien, while Indian affairs minister, knew of 'problems' at notorious residential school: letter
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/chretien-letter-stannes-1.6229543

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I've always had a certain fondness for #JeanChrétien, and I was trying to think of ways that it could be true that he knew nothing. So I'm grateful to learn the truth. Over on Twitter, I see that someone has quoted Hansard from 1969, in which Minister Chrétien discusses an investigation he has launched into conditions at Akaitcho Hall in Yellowknife. He may or may not be lying, but he's not telling the full truth.

https://mobile.twitter.com/blackwomenleads/with_replies

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For months, I've been hoping someone would ask #JeanChrétien :

"Chrétien, who appeared on the talk show to discuss his new book, said that he was aware of the existence of residential schools, but not what was going on there."

Jean Chrétien says he never heard about abuse in residential schools while he was minister
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jean-chr%C3%A9tien-tlmep-comments-1.6223637

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The fact that important American politicians become very rich after they retire is troubling.

Does the same happen in Canada, I wonder? Does #JeanChrétien have a second house worth over $10M? What about #StephenHarper ?

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You know who'd have something interesting to say about #ResidentialSchools ? Former PM #JeanChrétien , Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from 1968 to 1974.

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@keithzg As for changes to the constitution, no one seemed to care when Québec and the feds ( #LucienBouchard and #JeanChrétien ) abolished the Catholic and Protestant school systems. — Did anyone outside Québec even notice? — That's because it didn't really affect anyone in the other provinces and territories, or make Québec more important w.r.t. other provinces.

A lot depends on whether leaders want to stir up trouble or to make quiet deals.

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