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Tory MP under fire over comments about natives
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| Last Edited | Monsieur Jun 12, 2008 11:05am |
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| News Date | Thursday, June 12, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is under fire over comments he made suggesting that native people need to learn the value of hard work more than they need financial compensation.
Poilievre made the comments during a radio interview Wednesday, just hours before Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for abuse Aboriginal children endured in once-mandatory residential schools.
"Now along with this apology comes another $4 billion in compensation for those who partook in the residential schools over those years,'' said Poilievre, in a clip circulated by the Liberal opposition.
Poilievre, who represents the Ottawa-area riding of Nepean-Carleton, went on to question the merits of related compensation payments.
"Now, you know, some of us are starting to ask: 'Are we really getting value for all of this money, and is more money really going to solve the problem?' |
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