Might be time for Trudeau to bring on an Indigenous Elders’ Circle to provide advice

With a First Nations Elder, an Inuit Elder and a Métis Elder operating in a Circle, it might bring some humility into the office, a longer-term perspective than just the next amazing announcement. It would be an incredible opportunity for any leader to learn from Elders about leadership, about balance, about making decisions with the land and the seven generations in mind.

While the prime minister flew off for a family vacation on the first-ever National Indigenous Reconciliation Day, hundreds walked to Parliament Hill to mark the statutory holiday. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

October 11, 2021

OTTAWA—On Sept. 29, the prime minister gave a particularly good speech on Parliament Hill in a special ceremony to honour the children lost at residential schools and survivors. And I still admit to feeling some cynicism. Would the words be linked to action? How long until that lack of action mak...

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