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House Hansard - 204

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
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Uqaqtittiji, today is the first day of National Indigenous History Month. When the sun rises in the east, shines throughout Canada and sets in the west, too many indigenous peoples are missing, murdered or buried at the hands of governments. Indigenous history is largely invisible in the House. There is nothing I see that acknowledges that we sit on unceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory. All governments, past and present, have used incremental change. Responses are always that more needs to be done. I ask for two small but important land acknowledgements: first, that the Speaker do one at the the start of each day, and second, that all standing committee reports publish them. Let us start to make Canada's obligations more visible in order to ensure that indigenous well-being is celebrated. Yes, I expect more to be done in order for indigenous justice to be realized.
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