Canada did not succeed: we are still here and we are powerful

As we move forward from the 2021 election and through the next months as a new Parliament forms, we must choose to make Reconciliation a central priority.

The election followed a summer where the discoveries of more than 1,300 unmarked graves at former residential schools across the country inspired calls for action. A record number of 77 Indigenous candidates ran for election. One-in-five Canadian voters included Reconciliation as part of their ‘top five’ issues—double the amount from 2019. Yet despite this, Reconciliation faded into the background, writes Stephanie Scott.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY STEPHANIE SCOTT

September 29, 2021

Canada is just emerging from a federal election and, although the makeup of Parliament did not shift much, the outcome will determine the future of Reconciliation. The election followed a summer where the discoveries of more than 1,300 unmarked graves at former residential schools across the countr...

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