How many of the TRC Calls to Action are complete? Don’t ask the federal government.

How many of the TRC Calls to Action are complete? Don’t ask the federal government.

The federal government is directly or jointly accountable for 76 of the 94 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action. The official government website “Delivering on Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action“ provides detailed explanations of actions they are delivering to advance each one. In addition to their perspectives, three other independent organizations also deliver their own perspectives on how the Calls to Action are advancing – or not: CBC’s “Beyond94“, Yellowhead Institute’s Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation” and Indigenous Watchdog – TRC Status Updates – April 4, 2022

The federal government states that they have completed 17 Calls to Action as per the following table vs CBC (8), Yellowhead Institute (8) and Indigenous Watchdog (7) ranking of those same 17 Calls to Action:

Organization	# of 94 C2A Completed	# of 76 Federal Govt C2A Completed
CBC	13	8
Yellowhead Institute	11	8
Indigenous Watchdog	11	7
Federal Government	17	17

How do the other three “independent” organizations listed above rank those same Calls to Action:

C2A	Descriptions of Completed Calls to Action	CBC	Yellowhead	IW
4	Enact Indigenous child welfare legislation	Incomplete	Incomplete	Incomplete
13	Acknowledge Indigenous Rights include Indigenous Language Rights	Complete	Complete	Complete
14	Enact an Indigenous Languages Act	Incomplete	Incomplete	Incomplete
15	Appoint an Indigenous Languages Commissioner	Complete	Complete	Complete
25	Develop written policy affirming independence of Royal Canadian Mounted Police from government in civil litigation	Incomplete	Incomplete	Incomplete
41	Appoint a national Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls	Complete	Complete	Incomplete
43	Fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation	Incomplete	Incomplete	Incomplete
67	Provide funding to the Canadian Museums Association for a national review of museum policies and best practices	Incomplete	Incomplete	Incomplete
68	Establish a reconciliation funding program to commemorate Canada 150 projects on reconciliation	Incomplete	Incomplete	Complete
72	Provide sufficient resources to develop and maintain the National Residential School Student Death Register	Incomplete	Complete	Incomplete
78	$10M funding to NCTR + $10M for communities for reconciliation	Incomplete	Incomplete	Incomplete
80	Establish a statutory holiday, “National Day for Truth and Reconciliation”	Complete	Complete	Complete
83	Establish strategies for Canada Council for the Arts funding for Indigenous reconciliation projects	Complete	Complete	Complete
84	Increase funding for the CBC to support reconciliation	Complete	Incomplete	Complete
87	Provide public education to tell national stories of Indigenous athletes	Incomplete	Incomplete	Incomplete
88	Ensure long-term Indigenous athlete development and support for the North American Indigenous Games	Complete	Complete	Incomplete
94	Replace the Oath of Citizenship with a new oath with Indigenous content	Complete	Complete	Complete

Based on the above, we can more realistically state that based on the three independent views of the same 17 Calls to Action ranked as complete by the federal government, only 5 are ranked as complete by all four organizations: 13, 15, 80, 83 and 94.

What about the other twelve Calls to Action:

• 7 are all classed as incomplete by all three organization: (4, 14, 25, 43, 67, 78, 87)
• 2 are ranked as complete by CBC and Yellowhead Institute and incomplete by Indigenous Watchdog (41, 88)
• 1 is ranked as complete by CBC and Indigenous Watchdog and incomplete by Yellowhead (84)
• 1 is ranked as complete by Yellowhead Institute and incomplete by CBC and Indigenous Watchdog (72)
• 1 is ranked as complete by Indigenous Watchdog and incomplete by CBC and Yellowhead

Given four different perspectives, the analysis is based on a consensus view where there is broad general agreement as to which Calls to Action (C2A) are complete. On that basis:

Organization	Total Calls to Action	% Complete
Federal Government’s own view	17	22.4%
Consensus view where all four organizations agree (Minimum	5	6.6%
Consensus view where 3 of 4 organizations agree (Maximum) Calls to Action: 13, 15, 80, 83, 94 PLUS 41, 88, 84	8	10.5%

A more realistic view than the federal government’s 22.4% view is either the minimum view (6.6%) or maximum view (10.5%).

For complete details including CBC, Yellowhead Institute and Indigenous Watchdog’s rationale for their respective views on the above click on the following link to learn more:

https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2022/04/26/how-many-of-the-trc-calls-to-action-are-complete-dont-ask-the-federal-government/

In addition, discover which of the other 18 Calls to Action where the Federal Government is NOT accountable are complete?

For further information please contact: dsinclair@indigenouswatchdog.com