How advocates are taking meaningful steps toward reconciliation [Video]

Marie Wilson wants the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to be embraced by all Canadians. But she has concerns about how the day is being observed. 

“I do notice with some concern, actually, that even over the past couple of years the number of non-Indigenous people who show up and celebrate that day is not stable,” Wilson, a former commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, told Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild.

This year marks the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which is observed annually on Sept. 30. In 2015, the commission called on the federal government to establish the statutory holiday to honour residential school survivors, their families and communities.

“There was a reason why we argued for it in our Calls to Action to be a national statutory holiday,” said Wilson. “We want it to be something that belongs to all Canadians.”

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