We’re on the road to reconciliation

For the first time in my lifetime, all Canadians have become engaged. We have not found all the answers, but we are asking the right questions.

Elder Claudette Commanda, an Algonquin Anishinabe from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, pictured at a ceremony on the Hill on Sept. 29, 2021, on the eve of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

October 4, 2021

Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation posed more questions than answers. A court-upheld Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision to compensate Indigenous children taken into care was the subject of much reflection. The decision puts the government on the hook to compensate Indi...

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