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What’s in a Name? Addressing the Charge of ‘Cultural Genocide’

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What’s in a Name? Addressing the Charge of ‘Cultural Genocide’
Commission chairman Justice Murray Sinclair speaks at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ottawa on June 2, 2015. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Rodney A. Clifton
Brian Giesbrecht
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The first couple of sentences in the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) report contain a stark condemnation of the way Canada has treated its indigenous peoples:

Rodney A. Clifton is a professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba and a senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.
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