That's an excellent question. The Native Women's Association of Canada has put it very well in relation to the difficulties with mixing the two, recognizing past human rights violations and abuses but also recognizing the vibrancy of indigenous peoples in this country.
I've celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly National Aboriginal Day, since my childhood, and that day is one of celebration. I've never considered it to be a day on which we're looking back at a particular point in time. It's just that we're here, we're resilient and we have so much to celebrate. Orange Shirt Day and the growing interest of Canadians in understanding residential schools and perhaps other issues such as relocation, I think, are things that Canadians will want more and more as people understand exactly what happened.
It is really hard to combine the two, and as far as a day in a calendar year goes, I'm afraid I'm of little use to you in recommending which day that might be, but it is important that whatever this bill ends up with, what day, that there be a clear definition between the two, and that somehow we come to terms with both of those issues.
I'm sorry that I don't have a better solution.