Unfulfilled promises: 2026 is an opportunity for Canada to deliver on its commitments to the Métis Nation

Three decades after RCAP and 10 years after the Daniels decision and the recommendations of the TRC, the frameworks for implementation already exist.

A Survivors' Flag waves on Parliament Hill on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, 2023. This year cannot simply be another year of reflection. It must be a year of delivery, writes Métis National Council president Victoria Pruden. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY VICTORIA PRUDEN

April 27, 2026

This year marks a convergence of milestones that should have transformed the relationship between Canada and the Métis Nation. It has been 30 years since the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), more than a decade since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of C...

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