Injustices are still a part of Indigenous Peoples’ experience

Instead of offering more excuses, urgent action is needed to rectify past wrongs and ensure that Indigenous Peoples are no longer discriminated against and devalued.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and NDP MP Lori Idlout speak to reporters in West Block on June 16. The NDP has been urging the government to address some of the colonial laws and policies, but there is a long way to go to stop the ongoing harm, Idlout writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

September 28, 2022

Indigenous Peoples had thrived in Canada on these lands, waters, and ice for thousands of years. They have had their own laws, governance and societal rules ensuring future generations could prosper. When settlers arrived in what is now known as Canada, they arrived with instructions to colonize, co...

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