Indigenize the Senate

Canadians are at last recognizing the horror of their country’s deep-rooted colonial past and have begun looking for and demanding remedies. Now is the time for change.

Senators, pictured May 2, 2019, at the Senate's Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee on the Hill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KLUANE ADAMEK

August 12, 2021

I agree with those who say this is an era of matriarchs. The appointment of Inuk leader Mary Simon as Canada’s 30th governor-general is a vital step towards recognizing the significance of Indigenous peoples in Canada's past, present and now future. A northerner with decades of experience and a w...

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