More than half of Canadians say they want more evidence to prove that soil anomalies found at former residential schools were unmarked graves.
The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation released a report in May 2021 that said the remains of 215 children were found using ground-penetrating radar around a former Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C. However, no excavations have been conducted at the site despite Ottawa budgeting $238.8 million for the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support program in 2022.
A recent survey by Angus Reid found that 63 percent of Canadians said evidence from excavations were needed before accepting the claim that the anomalies are unmarked graves. Thirty-seven percent said the claim should be accepted without any further evidence….