Petition calling for the extension of funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation

In addition to signing the web petition, please make sure to print this PDF – sign it – and then send it (free of charge) to my office in Ottawa. It's important that you send this signed PDF because it is the only version I can present in the House of Commons.

Niki Ashton, MP
914 Confederation Building
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Let's send a strong message to the Federal Government that our regions need this programming.

A petition to the Government of Canada

We the undersigned are calling on the Government of Canada to extend the funding for healing programmes under the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.

Whereas funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation is ending on March 31, 2010;

Whereas the Aboriginal Healing Foundation is aimed at encouraging and supporting Aboriginal people in building and reinforcing sustainable healing processes that address the legacy of physical and sexual abuse in the Residential School system, including intergenerational impacts;

Whereas Residential Schools caused extensive physical and mental trauma experienced by the survivors that was also passed on to future generations;

Whereas the Aboriginal Healing Foundation is making a difference in the lives of Residential School survivors and following generations through counselling and cultural programmes;

Whereas healing from the impacts of Residential Schools is far from complete after 10 years which is the length of time the Aboriginal Healing Foundation has existed;

We are asking the Government of Canada to leave a true legacy of action to Residential School survivors and support the process of healing through an extension of funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.

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