e-1305 (Senate)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-64-02 Government Response to petitions concerning the Senate
- Aboriginal residential schools
- Beyak, Lynn
- Senate and senators
- Termination of employment
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- On March 7, 2017, Senator Lynn Beyak defended the Indian Residential School in the Senate of Canada. She stated that an “abundance of good” has come from the Residential School system, and that the schools were “well-intentioned” and “mistakes” should not overshadow “good things” that happened;
- On September 1, 2017, Senator Beyak posted a letter on her website repeating her defense of the Indian Residential School System, and urged First Nation people to “Trade your status card for a Canadian citizenship” . Indigenous Peoples are Canadian Citizens; and
- Senator Beyak’s comments are extremely offensive to not only Residential School Survivors but to all First Nations people. In a day where First Nations people and federal, provincial and municipal governments strive to reconcile our shared history, there is no room for the narrow-minded and dangerous views for a member of the Senate of Canada to have as they approve laws governing the country.
- Open for signature
- October 27, 2017, at 4:02 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- February 24, 2018, at 4:02 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Charlie Angus
(Timmins—James Bay)
April 30, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02288) - Government response tabled
- June 13, 2018
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 364 |
British Columbia | 628 |
Manitoba | 297 |
New Brunswick | 40 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 37 |
Northwest Territories | 11 |
Nova Scotia | 75 |
Nunavut | 10 |
Ontario | 2105 |
Prince Edward Island | 17 |
Quebec | 181 |
Saskatchewan | 135 |
Yukon | 14 |