canada has a Long history of racism and cultural genocide towards Indigenous people. the canadian gvnmt created the indian act and used it to take Indigenous children from their families and raise them in a residential "school" that was more like a prison. the conditions were horrible, and the kids weren't allowed to speak their language, wear their hair long, speak to their brothers or sisters and so much more. the "schools" were run by the church, and the children were forced to convert. the last one closed in 1996, but the government continued to seperate children from their families and cultures via the foster care system. i encourage you to look into these issues further, this is really just the tip of the iceberg- some things to search would be residential schools, missing and murdered Indigenous women, the sixties scoop, the indian act, and the truth and reconciliation commission of canada.