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JUNE 2021 The painful legacy of residential schools in Canada: ANGRY? GOOD! Now let’s get to work improving the lives of Indigenous peoples Also INSIDE: Politics around Taiwan is more Worry about A pandemic of pipelines than a “question” government debt cancelled care 1 PublishedPublished by by the the Macdonald-Laurier Macdonald-Laurier Institute Institute PublishedBrianBrian Lee LeeBrianby Crowley, Crowley,the Lee Macdonald-Laurier Crowley,Managing Managing Managing Director, Director, Director mgdir@mli.ca mgdir@mli.ca Institute David Watson,JamesJames DeputyAnderson, Anderson, Managing Managing Managing Director, Editor, Editor, Editorial Inside Inside Policy and Policy Operations Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director, mgdir@mli.ca David McDonough, Deputy Editor James Anderson,ContributingContributing Managing writers:Editor, writers: Inside Policy Contributing writers: ThomasThomas S. 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Many people understandably feel both anger and shame at these Kaveh Shahrooz terrible revelations. Yet such emotions, by themselves, are not enough. As detailed in our cover feature by Ken Coates, greater self- 8 Finding a new path forward driven by Indigenous people Ken S. Coates governance would put Indigenous communities in a position to better determine and protect their own needs and destinies. Indigenous 11 A letter from an intergenerational survivor empowerment would represent the real solution to the abject failure of Chris Sankey decades of government policy. 14 Cancelling John A. Macdonald will do little to help Also, as part of the cover feature, Chris Sankey offers a deeply Indigenous people personal account of his own experience as an intergenerational Melissa Mbarki survivor of residential schools, Melissa Mbarki notes that tearing 16 Egerton Ryerson is being misjudged down statues is a gesture that only further divides people and breeds Patrice Dutil and Ron Stagg Patrice Dutil Ron Stagg racism, and and come to the defence of 18 Give Indigenous peoples the power to return Egerton Ryerson, who would’ve been horrified at the abuses and children’s remains to families cruelties of residential schools. Lastly, Todd Hataley and Christian Todd Hataley and Christian Leuprecht Leuprecht suggest Indigenous peoples could take control of genetic 19 We should be worried about government debt material found at these mass graves. Philip Cross Of course, to help facilitate Indigenous empowerment, 20 Not all of Canada’s creative communities benefit governments must also do their part by not adding economic