Canada continuing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, international tribunal finds

Government of Canada 'sustained a strategy to evade accountability,' says tribunal judgeAn international tribunal has ruled that the Government of Canada’s current policies constitute an ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, following a grueling week of hearings on intergenerational trauma. Seven judges of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal — an international court of opinion which investigates human rights violations — issued the interim ruling on Friday. The tribunal began its week-long investigation into missing Indigenous children and unmarked graves linked to residential schools on Monday at the daphne art centre in Montreal. Requested by the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal in 2024,...