The Indian Residential School and Memorial Day
Act is a simple piece of legislation which proposes to set aside June 2 as
"Indian Residential School and Memorial Day." The Preamble to
the Bill explains its purpose is "provide an opportunity to
focus on understanding and reconciliation." The date of June 2nd was
chosen to commemorate the release of the final report of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission. This Bill would not create a new
national holiday. C-118 was introduced as a Private Members Bill on October 26,
2016 by MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette (Winnipeg Centre), and has passed first
reading.
While this bill would be symbolically valuable.
Mr. Ouellette said when introducing this Bill, "I ask Parliament to
support this legislation and work together, as a nation and a country, toward
the revitalization of indigenous communities and to affirm the treaty
relationship between Canadians and indigenous peoples."
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