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House Hansard - 335

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 19, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
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Mr. Speaker, June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to celebrate the peoples whose land we call Canada. As settlers on Turtle Island, it is our job to stand up and attest to the genocide perpetrated by Canada against indigenous peoples, to acknowledge the truth and to seek reconciliation. However, National Indigenous History Month is not just about the past; it is also about today, tomorrow and every day to come. Right now, indigenous people are sleeping on the street or in an encampment, if they are lucky and the police have not come to tear down their homes. There will be celebrations. There will be glorious dances and the beat of the drum. There will be love and gratitude for all that the Creator has given. However, for me and for Canadians like me, there must also be a reckoning, a recognition not only of the genocide of the past but also of the racist systems and institutions that we have designed and built. They persist today to destroy indigenous peoples.
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