Editorial: New stat holiday a chance for the country to heal – StarPhoenix

Editorial: The concept of creating a new federal statutory holiday to commemorate the legacy of Canada’s residential schools on Indigenous people is worth supporting

August 17, 2018

The concept of creating a new federal statutory holiday to commemorate the legacy of Canada’s residential schools on Indigenous people is well worth supporting.

According to reporting by the National Post, the government intends to back a private member’s bill introduced by Saskatchewan NDP MP Georgina Jolibois. The bill proposes establishing a statutory holiday on June 21, which is National Indigenous Peoples Day. That date falls within the school year, so students can engage in education around the reasons the day has been set aside.

It is appropriate that this movement would originate with the representative of the Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River Riding, where so many children and families were part of the residential school system.

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