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TORONTO – Scores of aboriginals from across Ontario rallied in Toronto today ahead of a landmark court hearing on the so-called ’60s Scoop.
Some travelled for up to two days to lend their support.
Speakers, including the lead plaintiff, denounced what they view as the “cultural genocide” perpetrated against them by the Canadian government.
They mourned the loss of their “stolen” children and urged the government to make good on its promise of a new era in Canadian-aboriginal relations.
At issue is the apprehension of indigenous children by child-welfare officials, who placed the young wards with non-native families.
Speakers said the practice was a deliberate effort to assimilate aboriginal children.
