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STK # D20900A Lumber Auction Wednesday July 31 7: 30 PM 7130 Roblin Blvd 2x4, 2x6, 2x8 and 4x4 Some pressure treated lumber sold by the skid approx 40 lots Viewing: Tuesday & Wednesday Listing at www. associatedautoauction. com or by Fax Sale Conducted by Associated Auto Auction Ltd. 7130 Roblin Blvd 895- 9790 Toll Free 866- 737- 0944 Only At Auction T HE federal government may have said it's sorry in 2008 for the damage caused to generations by aboriginal residential schools, but it hasn't followed up on those words by taking any action, the lawyer for one urban aboriginal agency dealing with the fallout told a provincial inquiry Monday. " There has been little or nothing done in terms of that apology," Ka Ni Kanichihk's counsel, Catherine Dunn, said during final submissions at the inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair. " It's time to put their money where their mouth is," said the lawyer for the non- profit agency that helps aboriginal youth in Winnipeg. The federal government didn't ask for the provincial inquiry into the 2005 death of the little girl in and out of care from the time she was born, but Dunn said it has a responsibility to address the concerns the inquiry has raised. " It would be important to let the federal government know the province is watching them and will continue to watch them," she told commissioner Ted Hughes. He asked the parties to the inquiry to comment on the overrepresentation of aboriginals in the childwelfare system and the poverty, poor housing and substance abuse contributing to it. The inquiry has heard about the inequity of funding and services to aboriginals on federally funded First Nations and to provincially funded people off reserve. It also heard there is much " migration" back and forth from cities to reserves and the need for the federal and provincial governments to work together to improve services on both. " There is a role for the province to play in bringing their federal counterparts to the table," said Jay Funke, lawyer for the Southern Chiefs Organization and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. Once they're at the table, federal and provincial governments need to listen to the aboriginal people there, said Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg lawyer Greg Tramley. " What we're here to talk about is the elephant in the room," he said. That " elephant," he said, is the continual overrepresentation of aboriginal children in care. " Little, if any, improvement happens year after year," he said. Poverty, poor housing, substance abuse and a lack of education are keeping the cycle going, and the only way to break it is with education, said Tramley. Having an aboriginal education authority would put more decision- making power in the hands of the people affected by it. The inquiry heard from several experts about research linking communities where kids have the best outcomes to those run by and for aboriginals. " When the local community is in control, it's in a better position to identify its needs, strengths and its desires," said Tramley. There are an estimated 72,000 Winnipeg residents who identify as aboriginal, he said, or nearly 10 per cent of the population. " We have the largest urban aboriginal community in Canada and the fastest- growing," said Tramley. People are hoping the inquiry will result in real change that realizes the potential of a " young, dynamic untapped resource," he said. Right now, the cycle of more aboriginal kids in care won't end until more moms can get their kids back, said Dunn with Ka Ni Kanichihk. There needs to be a mother's advocate who has dealt with the child- welfare system and can offer to work in lockstep with the " poor, disenfranchised person bullied by bureaucracy" as soon as their child is taken into care, she said. The Office of the Children's Advocate is only involved after the child has been in care and a complaint is filed by someone with the know- how and wherewithal to file a complaint, she said. It's important aboriginal moms have an advocate outside of the CFS system who knows what it is like to deal with " systemic racism" and poverty, said Dunn. carol. sanders@ freepress. mb. ca OTTAWA - Advocates for victims of residential- school abuse say their voices are not being heard in a court case that's to decide what to do with documents from an investigation of the alleged abuse. The federal government has asked the courts for help in deciding what to do with the documents, which stem from a police investigation into abuse at a residential school in northern Ontario. The government wants a legal opinion on whether the documents can be released to Ontario Superior Court, which is overseeing implementation of a settlement of a class- action lawsuit against Ottawa. But the victims need to be represented in Ontario court, and the federal government should ensure they have legal counsel present, said New Democrat MP Charlie Angus. " For this legal opinion to be valid, the survivors have to be there," Angus told a news conference Monday. " It cannot just be the federal government going to a closed hearing to give their side of the story." Hundreds of aboriginal children from remote James Bay communities were sent to St. Anne's residential school in Fort Albany from 1904 to 1976. It was one of 140 church- run residential schools set up in Canada to " civilize" First Nations people. The documents in question were collected by Ontario Provincial Police when they conducted a five- year investigation of abuse at St. Anne's in the 1990s. Advocates for the victims argue the material could corroborate their abuse claims under the lawsuit- settlement process. The police investigation turned up evidence of traumatic abuse at St. Anne's, including sexual abuse, children being made to eat their own vomit and the use of a homemade electric chair. Five of seven men and women who were charged as a result were convicted for offences ranging from administering a noxious substance to assault causing bodily harm. - The Canadian Press Ottawa blasted for lack of action Residential- school victims need to be heard in court case, MP says By Carol Sanders Apology isn't enough, Phoenix inquiry told A_ 07_ Jul- 30- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A7 7/ 29/ 13 10: 03: 14 PM ;