https://nationalpost.com/news/convenient-ignorance-canadians-knowledge-of-residential-schools-woefully-lacking
How many are taught about the British North American Act and understand the agreements made for Anglos and Francos to live in Canada?
How many were taught the essence and history of the Charter of rights and freedoms? Being 12 years old in 1982 at the time of repatriation of the Constitution it was a big focus in our history classes complete with a mini edition of Charter of rights and freedoms (I still wish I had) like a mini new testament received for communion. Now, how many (pseudo) Canadians are recklessly running around thinking they are experts on the Constitution or quoting one specific clause when they are wronged ? How many know the actual physical copy has red paint spilled over it ?
What about the Irish immigrants that were left destitute and to survive on their own after arriving on the shores?
What about the Acadians, settles, born and raised in Canada, that were told to leave and shipped south to Louisiana?
What about the second class treatment of Catholics for so long in an Anglo-Protestant world early in Canada's history?
Trudeau has highlighted some of the wrongs that help his cause and voter demographic. I won't hold my breath for him to apologize the aforementioned items.
There are a lot of tragedies in Canada. No history is clean and perfect. It's about time Canadians starting recognize all of these. We do not have enough time in the school day to teach all of these, but let's start with a thorough and fair education on one of them.
Otherwise why have a country filled with people who call themselves "Canadians" if there is no responsibility or acknowledgment of how we arrived at this point after 487 years of recorded history since Jacques Cartier.
