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17 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
4 Questions for #Alberta Premier Jason Kenney

(1 ) Do you have confidence that Chris Champion can design a curriculum in which the whole truth about Indian Residential Schools, will be taught to Alberta's children?
(2) Based on Mr Champion's mocking of the message that Indian Residential School Children were put through Hell, do you think Albertans, Premier Kenney, are justified in being skeptical that the whole truth about Residential Schools will be taught?
(3) Premier Kenney, Are you concerned that Mr Champion's continuing denial of the climate of abuse, that existed in Indian Residential Schools, damages Alberta's reputation?
(4) In the coming days, Premier Kenney, if you discover that the majority of Albertans feel embarrassed by Mr. Champion's posts ,will you self reflect & consider resigning, to give your party a chance to find someone with a different moral compass to lead the province? #AbLeg Image

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Have driven Bishop Grandin Boulevard in Winnipeg thousands of times without ever thinking he had a role in #ResidentialSchools Another reminder of our pathetically low level of awareness of the darkest chapter in Cdn history.
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