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Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller, pictured on the Hill Jan. 4, 2022. For the first time in the history of Canada, it feels as though we have a real chance at reconciliation, writes Sheila Copps, a former Jean Chrétien-era cabinet minister. The Hill Times photgraph by Andew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

April 4, 2022

OTTAWA—Watching Justin Trudeau in Williams Lake and Indigenous leaders in Rome last week was compelling. For the first time in the history of Canada, it feels as though we have a real chance at reconciliation. That is not to say that all will be satisfied with papal promises. The Catholic Churc...

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