Exploring Theme: "Govt. Opposition to National Day"

NationTalk: The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 provides an opportunity for ALL Canadians to honour Indigenous survivors, their families and communities and to commemorate the ongoing legacy – and tragedy – of residential schools that were specifically designed to “kill the Indian in the child”.  Seven generations of Indigenous people have...

Updated Feb. 7, 2023 to move BC to those who have enacted a statutory holiday Those provinces who will not recognize Sept 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as a statutory holiday: Province/Territory IndigenousPopulation Party in Power Date Comment Alberta 258,640 Conservative – Alberta told CTV Edmonton it won’t legislate the holiday, but...