Appalled to see that the man responsible for the most brutal period of residential schools lies buried in a place of honour in Canadas national cemetery. Duncan Campbell Scott led the Department of Indian Affairs from 1913 to 1931. Hundreds of children died on his watch, and he retaliated against those who raised concern. #indigenous #idlenomore #weknewbetter His presence here dishonours our nation.

Samuel Blake was a former MP, brother to former Leader of the Opposition and the founder of Wycliffe College at U of T. There is no question that Canada's leaders were reading when he wrote of #indigenous students:

We should "not rob him of his language, not rob him of his traditions, not rob him of all that has made him love his home, and cemented the tie between himself and his parents."

How many thousands of children would have survived if Canadians of the day had listened? #weknewbetter