The following is an excerpt from the second edition of “From Truth Comes Reconciliation: An Assessment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report,” edited by Rodney A. Clifton and Mark DeWolf and published by Sutherland House Books.
Introduction
The prevailing vision of our time—the vision of the anointed—has shown an extraordinary ability to defy evidence. — Thomas SowellSince the time of Confederation in 1867, Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments have set up many commissions of inquiry to examine a wide variety of public policy issues. Arguably, three of the most important inquiries were the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, established in 1967 and reporting in 1970; the Royal Commission on Newspapers, established in 1980 and reporting in 1981; and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, established in 1991 and reporting in 1996.
