Senator LaBoucane-Benson: I thank you for that. If this bill were perfect, it would name the actual nations that were here, and it’s not. Using inclusive language would help Métis people understand that we acknowledge that they have traumas as well, that they have suffered as well, that they went to day schools and some residential schools, that they experienced systemic racism, and that they have lived their lives in a country that has seen them as less than — and that is why I am advocating for inclusive language.

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