So, my city has decided to cancel all Canada Day activities due to the recent finds of Native bodies at two of the residential facilities. The second one, if you don't know, isn't a mass grave. It's a legit old graveyard, yes for Natives, at a church near one of the school. They are mostly adults we are told.

I know other cities / towns may do this as well.

Am I wrong or out of touch in thinking modern day Canada Day has absolute zero to do with our past? Yep, we're where we are as a nation because of our past, but... if we erase the past, doesn't that just pave the way for it to be done again?

NONE of us regular Canadians were ever taught about the schools. After the settlers and the Natives initial meets and greets, the only thing we were taught about them was the occasional attack on a settlement. Once the settlers and Natives parted ways, our history records didn't include them; they weren't us.

The regular Canadian hasn't had any idea our gov't has been systematically and silently erasing Native Canada for generations. By never teaching us anything about them, all we get are what we see on our streets, when we drive by a reserve, or what we see in the media ( blocking roads, burning fishing boats ).

The Canadian gov't has been 100% OK with this the entire time. They're still actively doing it. Check my name for posts about the Native women disappearing here for 15+ years.... it's the gov't doing it.

I guess I'm trying to ask : Am I wrong for thinking that the regular Canadian should NOT feel any sense of responsibility? Now that the rest of Canada has been shown the truth, should it not be solely up to the gov't and the Catholic Church to man up and take FULL responsibility?