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Originally Posted by Resurrection
Does anyone really doubt that the point of the program was assimilation? Problem was you had a bunch of racist people doing it who acted cruel in a lot of cases.
I see nothing wrong with assimilation and integration.
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What if those people don't want to be assimilated?
And that's ultimately the issue. Assimilation of First Nations in Canada is effectively a utopian vision that has little basis in reality. The government spent well over a century attempting to assimilate them and destroy their culture and it never happened. Any proposed solution has to deal with that reality, as well as the reality of their constitutionally protected rights.