My argument is not that the residential schools were a good thing. It is that the media in Canada has co-opted it and skewed the entire narrative for their own political purposes. There is no doubt that some children have had really bad experiences in those schools and some passed away (some potentially from neglect but others from natural causes, childhood mortality was much higher the further back you go) and it should be acknowledged as it has been. However, there are children who had fond memories of those school. It does not mean that the program was good as a whole or should ever be repeated (it should not) but to misrepresent it to such as degree by silencing some voices and promoting others does a disservice to everyone.

And the lesson from it is missed by almost all the politicians who exploit this issue for their political purposes, especially Trudeau. That lesson is that the government should be given less power over the people, not more. Any time it does anything, it screws it up. Furthermore, taking away the native's guns (which Trudeau wants to do, along with the rest of Canadians) is only going to open the door for things like this to happen into the future.

I wish your grandmother and you well.