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Truth Reconciliation Commission and Canada

bountiful waters: Early European explorers and colonists encountered in Canada a rugged and beautiful land with bountiful waters, according to Huffington Post Canada. French and British settlers brought their traditions and waves of new Canadians have been adding to Canada rich cultural heritage for four centuries. It a pretty strong statement but reading the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into aboriginal residential schools, that the conclusion I've come to. In one sense being Canadian is a product of all those layers, an identity born of many waves of settlement and immigration. They learned from those who'd come before and adapted, while also adding to the mix. When my parents immigrated to this country, they too brought with them their own contribution to this great Canadian mosaic. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.