More white people telling the indigenous what is good for them. How do you get factual evidence of the abuse of small children. Do we have to hear the story validated by two male adults like in some Muslim countries. Yup, there was a lot of witnesses to these crimes and the churches kept accurate records of all their foul deeds. Jezzus H. Fukkin Krist!
In continuing to treat native testimony as the truth even though a good deal of it is unverifiable, a double standard of proof has been established. One that applies only to natives and another that applies to everybody else. Tell me, why should 'everybody' else have to bear the burden of proof but natives should be left off the hook? Do you really believe that is fair or just? What service are you doing for natives by setting them apart from the rest of society and branding them as the only group in Canada worth special treatment.
Natives are just as human as you and I, Cliffy. As such, like many among us, they are capable of lies and collusion and they have had decades in which to develop the stories and hone the lies. As I have stated numerous times, I do believe that harm was done to some natives during their time in residential schools - some but hardly all. Knowingly standing by the liars and the cheats taints the testimony of all of them.
