The journey ahead : Chemin à parcourir : rapport sur les progrès accomplis depuis les excuses présentées par le gouvernement du Canada aux anciens élèves des pensionnats autochtones

Germain, P. C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cochrane: That the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples be authorized to study and report on progress made on commitments endorsed by Parliamentarians of both Chambers since the Government's apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools; That the committee hear from the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, [...] After debate, With leave of the Senate, the motion was modified to read as follows: That the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples be authorized to study and report on progress made on commitments endorsed by Parliamentarians of both Chambers since the Government's apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools; That the committee hear from the National Chief of the Assembly of [...] Gary W. O’Brien Clerk of the Senate iii The Journey Ahead: Report on progress since the Government of Canada’s apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools INTRODUCTION On 11 June 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered in Parliament a Statement of Apology on behalf of the Government of Canada to survivors of Indian Residential Schools.1 In the apology, the Prime Minister stated [...] On 2 June 2010, the Senate adopted a motion to authorize the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples to study and report on the progress made on the Government of Canada’s commitments since the apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools. [...] Pursuant to this mandate, the Committee convened three meetings in order to hear from both the Commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the leaders of representatives of the national Aboriginal organizations present at the apology.